Hi, I'm Manoël Nohra

🏆 Best Accessibility Award at Ubisoft Game Lab 2026 (also nominated for Best Design and Best Technical Innovation). An 80s-90s themed asymmetrical co-op endless runner, built in 10 weeks by a team of 8, where I was the main programmer.

• Wrote custom 2D physics so one player (the roller) rides the other player's ramp (the snake), a mesh that moves and deforms in real time.
• Designed and built the tricks, combos, and scoring system.
• Exposed difficulty settings for accessibility, and worked closely with artists and game designers under tight deadlines.

A solo tower defense game built on my own game idea in Unreal Engine 5 (C++ and Blueprints). Playable from start to finish, now in polish.

• Extended the Gameplay Ability System to drive tower, enemy, and boss stats and abilities.
• Wrote Python build and test scripts, and an Excel import tool for game data.
• Built a scalable, data-driven base so new gameplay content is easy to add.

A 3rd person game developed in Unreal Engine 5 for the LOG725 university course.

• Developed in 8 weeks by a team of 3 programmers starting in February 2025, marking our first experience with the engine.
• The theme was "Mother Nature" (Mère nature) where the player gathers abandoned items to craft powerful weapons.
• The main goal is to purify the city from pollution and the creatures created by it.
• Programmed the inventory system, enemy AI and animations, crafting system, and weapon system.

🏆 Best Sound Design at the Montreal GameJam. A top-down game made in 48 hours by a team of 7, where you play as the Black Plague hunting down the Doctor before he finds a cure.

• Co-designed the core loop: infect civilians to light up the map and track the Doctor.
• Programmed the camera, character movement, and the Doctor's enemy AI.
• Handled version control and resolved Git merge conflicts under jam pressure.

An educational city-builder made in Unity for the Urban Planning department at Cégep de Matane. Client project at CDRIN (10-week internship, team of 5), where I was the main programmer on a near-finished game.

• Added new buildings, rules, flooding, and residential balance, then tuned the levels.
• Worked weekly with a 3D artist, a manager, and the client; integrated 3D models and polished the game.