My Life

Outside research, I enjoy games, books, film, and time outdoors.

Tennis 🎾

September 2026: I won the consolation championship in Intermediate Open Singles at the Champaign Park District Labor Day Tennis Tournament! (News coverage in The Sentinel)

My Cat 🐱

Meet Cheese, my orange cat Naps, zoomies, and a very serious stare. See the photo album →

Dear Z. 🎮

Dear Z. — my indie game in development A 2.5D narrative puzzle-platformer built with Unity 6: help Z collect their memory debris and rebuild a shattered storybook world. Visit the game’s website →

Notes on life

A Four-Dimensional Life Doctrine 四维方法论 — reflections on balance, transformation, parallel pursuits, and accumulation over time.

BubbleTodo

I built BubbleTodo, a playful to-do list: add tasks as colorful bubbles, drag to arrange them, and hold to pop completed tasks.

Community

I volunteer as a cat foster with Vermilion County Animal Shelter (2025–present).

Favorites

Games: Rusty Lake Series, Gris, Gorogoa, Journey, What Remains of Edith Finch, Dave the Diver, To the Moon, Gujian3 (古剑奇谭3), Dredge, Expedition 33, Thronefall, Overcooked 1&2.

Books: The Three-Body Problem (三体)，Hillbilly Elegy, The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, Invisible Cities, Brief History of Humankind, 1587 - a Year of No Significance (万历十五年), The Lover (L’amant), The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (金閣寺, Kinkaku-ji).

Film & TV: Interstellar (2014), Ready Player One (2018), Pose (TV Series 2018–2021), The Last Emperor (末代皇帝，1987), Havoc in Heaven (大闹天宫，1961), Kung Fu Hustle (功夫，2004), Friends (TV Series 1994–2004), Breaking Bad (TV Series 2008–2013), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Game of Thrones (2011-2017, exclude season 8).

Outdoors: Tennis, Road trips, Hiking, Kayaking