Virtual Training Simulations
Training software for fire incidents and active shooting incidents, used by fire departments across Texas.
About the Project
Studio
SmokeStack Studios
Engine
Unity
Genre
Professional Training Simulation
Aries is a virtual training platform built for first responders, specifically fire departments in Texas. Developed in collaboration with the Allen Fire Department, it simulates real-world emergency scenarios including fire incidents and active shooting incidents, with every feature shaped by input from their experts to teach critical communication skills that keep firefighters safe in life-or-death situations.
Virtual training lets departments run scenarios that are difficult or dangerous to replicate in person, and allows training to continue when summer heat in Texas makes outdoor events unfeasible. The simulation is developed by SmokeStack Studios and supports networked multiplayer, allowing teams to train together remotely.
My Role
Game Developer
June 2024 – March 2026 · Project completed
I worked as a generalist developer on Aries for 1 year, 9 months. My work spanned networking, physics, audio, AI, general gameplay, and more. I implemented many new features from scratch as well as maintaining, improving and extending existing ones.
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Gameplay Features
AI Radio Analysis
Physically-Simulated Firehose
Dynamic Audio Occlusion
NPC AI
Maintenance & Fixes
Remote Collaboration
Screenshots
Note: obviously visuals were very secondary to functionality with this project; we never had anyone that really took care of the visuals so the game is a mix of bought assets and programmer art :)























