Hunter Gallo

PokéDnD – Pokednd.live

• Co-developed a full-featured web platform for a Pokémon-based tabletop RPG, handling character sheets, dice rolling, catching, trading, and a complete battle system
• Translated the Pokémon video game battle system into a dice-based TTRPG format using each Pokémon's stats, abilities, and moves as the foundation for combat outcomes
• Designed a character class system influencing battles via flat damage bonuses, additional dice rolls, power multipliers, and accuracy bonuses.

Pokémon RL Battler

• Developed a Deep Q-Network (DQN) reinforcement learning agent trained across 20,000+ episodes on a university GPU cluster; achieved a 25% win rate against a max damage agent
• Identified Q-learning's inability to generalize across the large state space and independently redesigned the agent using DQN via PyTorch for improved performance
• Engineered and iteratively tuned a custom reward function with epsilon-greedy exploration strategy as primary developer on a 3-person team.

Senior Design – Cryptid Climb

• Solely designed and implemented the core climbing mechanic for a 17-person senior design team, enabling players to reach, grab, and mantle surfaces
• Built using UE5 Blueprints and inverse kinematics via Unreal's Control Rig; used mathematical calculations to determine body rotation based on hand placement and wall hold positions
• Delivered entirely from scratch with no prior UE5 or animation experience.