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Gundam Basic Education for Educators
Educational maker demo using cheap tools, a temperature sensor, and an Arduino-style setup to demonstrate sensing and response in a memorable way.
Manifesto
This is a site about building.
Octo_pi is my creative portfolio structured around a broad body of work: projects, experiments, and public-facing practice.
I am showing the technical side of my work alongside the creative streak behind it: engineering, curiosity that turns into prototypes, and the community work that gives those projects context.
- Engineer with a creative side
- Games + tools + experiments
- Leadership, tutoring, volunteering
Lab
The lab is where curiosity gets built.
This is my personal mix of software, hardware, education, and playful engineering.
Some of these projects are practical. Some are educational demos. Some are the kind of thing that only makes sense because it was fun to build.
- Educational prototypes
- Terminal weirdness
- Hardware + computer vision
- Current experimental builds
FeaturedLab
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Helldivers Salute Drop
Computer-vision experiment that detects a Helldivers-style salute and responds by calling in a 500kg drop.
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Current Build: Treadmill Controller
Current project: a treadmill that controls movement, detects jumping, and maps additional controller actions for FPS play.
Project Index7 entries
StudyGotcchi
A Tamagotchi-inspired study companion built around Pomodoro sessions, made to give study routines a bit more life.
Trashgang Terminal Group Chat
A terminal group chat built with ngrok, with a feature that turns YouTube videos into ASCII so they can play inside the terminal.
Open GitHub
Obsidian Notes Project
A live notes project at `adamdawud.dev` that shows the practical side of my work around study, planning, and useful tools.
Open project
Aperture Scheduler
A live scheduling project at `aperture.adamdawud.dev` focused on planning systems, productivity, and clean web workflows.
Open scheduler
Helldivers OpenCV Salute
An OpenCV salute recogniser that triggers a dramatic in-game style 500kg response.
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Gundam Basic Education for Educators
A simple teaching demo for Arduino and sensors using cheap hardware, where temperature input charges a Gundam shield above room temperature.
Watch demoTreadmill Game Controller
A current build exploring how a treadmill can control movement, jumping, and shooter inputs in FPS games.
Game Dev
Games are where engineering, design, and identity come together for me.
From junior developer work at Margastua Studios to my own Unreal prototypes, this part of my work is about iteration, atmosphere, and building playable ideas.
This is the clearest version of what I want to build long term. It brings together studio experience, cultural worldbuilding, combat design, environments, puzzle ideas, and smaller experiments.
- 1 year as junior developer
- Puzzle, combat, environment, and prototype work
- Games as both craft and culture
FeaturedGame Dev
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Surna Prototype
An Unreal combat and RPG prototype with a souls-like feel, shaped by Nusantara inspired settings and references.
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Puzzle Prototype
A puzzle prototype built around perception, where objects appear or disappear depending on where the player looks.
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Environment Design
Environment design work inspired by Malaysia, Sumatra, Sabah, and Sarawak.
Project Index5 entries
Margastua Studios
Worked as a junior developer for about a year, contributing to production work and learning how to ship inside a team.
Junior Developer
Surna
A personal Unreal prototype exploring combat, movement, atmosphere, and a souls-like RPG feel, with a world shaped by Nusantara influences.
Watch prototype
Perception Puzzle Prototype
A puzzle concept where objects appear, disappear, or change depending on where the player is looking.
Watch concept
Environment Design Study
An environment and level design study using references from Malaysia, Sumatra, Sabah, and Sarawak.
Watch environment passECG Gaming
Game related work and community involvement grouped under ECG Gaming, showing games as a steady part of my creative and technical work.
Leadership
A lot of my work has happened in communities, not just inside projects.
Leadership, committees, teaching, and awards matter here because they show trust, initiative, and responsibility in public roles.
This section shows a pattern of organising, teaching, representing, supporting, and stepping up when needed.
- Student Club Executive Award 2025
- Campus Consultancy Leadership
- Epic Games Unreal Engine Educator
Project Index5 entries
Student Club Executive Award
An award recognising my student club executive work and my ongoing involvement in leadership.
Campus Consultancy Leadership
Leadership recognition connected to campus consultancy work.
Josh Farr leadership
Unreal Engine Educator
Recognition as an Unreal Engine educator, reflecting both technical knowledge and teaching ability.
Epic Games
Formerly at Griffith
Held student roles at Griffith across committee work, ambassador work, secretary duties, and social media support.
GUBSA committee / ambassador / social media, GUMSA secretary, GAMA committee
Formerly at UQ
Was involved in both computing and debating communities at UQ.
UQCS member, UQ Debating member
Impact
The work matters more when it helps other people.
Volunteering, tutoring, outreach, and teaching matter here because they show a second part of my work, helping people through what I build and teach.
This section connects the technical side of my work with service, communication, and teaching.
- Flood relief volunteer for Al Khaadem
- Curiocity World Science Festival volunteer
- Tutoring in bio + math
- Former game design teaching
Project Index4 entries
Al Khaadem Flood Relief
Hands on flood relief volunteering in Malaysia through Al Khaadem.
Curiocity World Science Festival
Volunteered at Curiocity World Science Festival as part of science outreach and public engagement work.
IRO Gold Coast
Volunteered with IRO Gold Coast as both a member and part of the judging committee for selected competitions.
Member and judging committee
Tutoring + Game Design Lectures
I tutor biology and mathematics, and have also taught game design.
Education
A broad academic path that led me into engineering.
My academic path has not been linear, and each stage added something useful.
From Foundation Science at UQ to Biomedical Science at Griffith and now Engineering at QUT, each stage shaped how I think and build.
- Foundation Science at UQ
- Biomedical Science at Griffith
- Current QUT Engineering bachelors
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University of Queensland
This was where I built my early science foundation.
Foundation Science, individual courses
Griffith University
My time at Griffith expanded the science and community side of my background.
Biomedical Science
Queensland University of Technology
I am currently studying engineering at QUT, where my interests in science, technology, games, and systems have come together more clearly.
Engineering bachelors