Locomotive 115
Locomotive 115 is an action horror indie game about surviving a deadly train ride while managing resources.
Tad's Portfolio
Welcome
Hey there, I'm Tad DiDio, a graduate student at Virginia Tech with a Bachelor's Degree in computer engineering. I love working on exciting projects by taking a thoughtful approach to writing large, maintainable software systems. I have industry experience working on fast paced software teams at Northrop Grumman and design and research experience as the Electrical and Software Team Lead for Virginia Tech's RockSat-X program, an undergraduate team which designs, tests, and launches experiements into space each year.
I am also a co-founder of Bucket Of Fish Studios, a start-up indie game company where I serve as a lead software engineer and architect. Our first game, Locomotive 115, released on Steam in November of 2024. It has sold nearly 1,500 copies and has a rating of Very Positive!
Highlighted Projects
Senior Design - Augmented Reality Real World Tutorials
My senior design project, an augmented reality real time, real space tutorial tool.
Master's Thesis - Ray Tracing Optimization
A survey of my master's thesis work.
Unity Developer Console
I wrote a developer console package for Unity which gives a developer unlimited control over their project at runtime.
RockSat-X at Virginia Tech
I was the Electrical and Software team lead for a research group sending experiments into space.