Hi, I’m Aidan Dougan — a senior at SCAD studying Interactive Design and Game Development, with a passion for game systems, mechanics design, and creative problem solving.
I’m especially interested in how gameplay systems can shape emotion, narrative, and player experience. Whether it's building procedural environments, designing core mechanics, or developing intuitive player interactions, I’m drawn to the intersection of logic and creativity.
Right now, I’m focused on growing as a systems designer by exploring new tools, iterating on new ideas, and learning from both indie experiments and AAA principles. I love diving deep into how things work — and how they could work better.
You run a bakery by day, and an illegal underground mech arena by night. Baking living bread machines that fight to promote your brand and bakery. Balance hands-on first-person mech combat with, tactile, recipe driven baking, and business management.
Crescendo is a computer vision powered recovery platform that uses a standard laptop camera to guide, analyze, and connect at home physical therapy with real time clinical insight, improving accessibility, adherence, and long term outcomes.
Clipped is a stealth platformer where you play a rebellious collage artist ferret who sneaks through a prestigious gallery, cut pieces out of rival paintings with a magical clipping mask, and assemble them into a defiant mixed media masterpiece..
Designed onboard computing systems and human-machine interfaces for SCAD's electric vehicle prototype, bridging Unity visualization with Arduino-based physical controls and embedded systems.
A competitive 1v1 game where the only weapon is your camera — freeze enemies in time, frame the perfect shot, and outplay your opponent with precision and style.
A cooperative board game where time-traveling exorcists must survive a cursed keep, uncover a hidden relic, and hold back a creeping corruption — or be consumed by it.
Real-time visual effects showcasing particle systems, shader programming, and performance optimization in UE5.
A narrative murder mystery where you interrogate a sentient typewriter — an unreliable, single-purpose AI that answers in cryptic word clusters you'll have to decode to uncover the truth.
A procedural dungeon generator creating unique levels with balanced challenges and emergent gameplay possibilities.
Advanced Technology Initiatives team in Florida, SCADPro 2025
SCADpro collaborated with Universal Creative on concepts for their theme parks. (Project Details under NDA)
Innovation Alliances team in Mayo Clinic in Florida, SCADPro 2025
SCADpro collaborated with Mayo Clinic on concepts for their health care system. (Project Details under NDA)