Hey, I'm Derek, an American software engineer and data scientist currently living in France. With a Masters in Computer Science, I have industry experience in Game Development, Cyber Security, Backend Development, and Data Science.
Below are some of my personal projects I have worked on, including Game Development, Fullstack Engineering and Machine Learning. I have a strong drive to learn and I am always tinkering with emerging technology, whether it be Augmented Reality or beta versions of Unreal Engine 5.
When I am not working on my passion projects, I am falling off rock climbing walls, whiffing badminton shuttles, and climbing the ladder in League of Legends!
A game about a cute hamster trying to escape their house and be free in the wild!
Simulating TBs of real wildfire data in Unreal Engine 5 with VR support.
An app for practicing French while learning about LLMs and Fullstack Engineering.
An AI powered app where the user can toggle negative news on or off.
Dungeon Crawler based on Celtic Mythology. Created for a Game Design class.
As a vegetable, reach the goal while avoiding the chef!
Recreating Flappy Bird in 3D using predominantly Unreal C++ code with blueprint prototyping.
Challenges where art assets are provided and I have to implement a set list of game mechanics in a defined amount of time.
Predicting who will win in a game of Starcraft II based on images of the map.
Feel free to send me an email at dtlafever@gmail.com. Additionally, you can find me on social media: