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MATLAB Blackjack Game

Console-based Blackjack game built in MATLAB with a 5-person team: game logic, user input handling, and dealer AI behavior.

Technical Overview

  • Collaborated with a multidisciplinary 5-person team to design and troubleshoot a fully functional Blackjack game in MATLAB, built on a simple game engine.
  • Implemented core game logic, user input handling, and dealer AI behavior.
  • Led UI flow and function development, working through 3+ test cycles to resolve logic bugs and improve reliability.
  • Hit 100% of project milestones and presented the final product with a pitch video and supporting documentation.

Skills & Hardware

  • MATLAB
  • Game Logic & Dealer AI
  • UI/UX Flow Design
  • Team Collaboration (5-person)

Build Gallery

Initial deal in a live run of the game, showing the dealer's up card and the player's first two cards
01Initial deal from a live run of the game: dealer's up card and hole card, and the player's first two cards.
Player's hand after hitting twice to reach 21
02Player hits twice, building the hand up to a clean 21.
Dealer's hand revealed and final total after standing
03Dealer's hand revealed and totaled after standing at 20.
Win screen rendered by the game's sprite-based result screen
04Win screen, rendered through the same sprite engine as the card table.
Hand-drawn sketch of the deck state before dealing
05Game-state sketch: deck state before dealing, used to plan the dealer logic ahead of coding.
Hand-drawn sketch of cards dealt to player and dealer
06Game-state sketch: cards dealt to player and dealer.
Hand-drawn sketch of the end-of-game hand states
07Game-state sketch: end-of-game hand states used to define the win/loss logic.