Matei Budiu

About me:

• Computer Science PhD Student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (As of Aug 2025)
• Currently doing research in Compilers for ML, generally interested in parallel systems, compilers, and graphics
• Graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University in May 2025
• Interested in game development as a hobby

My personal projects:

Tanks: The Crusades (2018-present) [Steam] [GitHub]

• A video game inspired by Wii Play's Tanks minigame, a childhood favorite of mine
• Coded from scratch in Java without a game engine using OpenGL bindings from LWJGL
• Now over 95,000 lines of code
• Has >164,000 downloads and >700 reviews (94% positive) on Steam
• Has: 2D/3D OpenGL graphics, network multiplayer (with multithreading), level editor, computer-controlled tanks capable of pathfinding and calculating bullet trajectories

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