Hi there!! I’m Alan Yu, a perpetually creative high school student whose life extends far beyond engineering. To me, engineering isn’t the destination; it’s only the ultimate tool for creating truly one-of-a-kind things.
Snapshot: Who Am I?
I’m a Core-music (an avantgarde EDM sub-genre) composer on a dual mission: to integrate these tracks into video games, and – dare I say – subtly elevate people’s musical appreciation through gaming adventures.
My Multiverse: Parallel Lives
Friends say I live across alternate realities:
- By day: I am the AI Club president, teaching 20+ members (our school only accepts clubs with no more than 25 members) math fundamentals while co-developing AI models for rhythm game chart generation (ongoing this year).
- By night, I am a mad scientist in front of my music composition set, trying to explore new music clips with a completely different style from before.
- Weekends: Independent game dev emailing composers worldwide to compose original tracks for Domain Echoing (My rhythm game) and maintaining my 5-year job as a Bilibili uploader with 150+ videos and 2.5M+ views.
Latest highlight? Co-producing XENOVERSE I on NetEase Music with 30+ artists nationwide. Contributing to composing one track to this collaboration made me feel much more accomplished than getting any competition awards.
However, I have very little time to make something physically exist. I spend a lot of time making virtual objects, so I would like to experience something different
Execution: Thoughtful Velocity
I’m all about calculated intensity. Before any project, I dissect:
- Feasibility: Is this within my current skill orbit?
- ROI: Time/resources vs. potential impact
- Timeline: Setting milestones
Take Domain Echoing: I compared almost every popular mobile rhythm game first. Most of the “innovations” I saw were just remixed templates – mine’s an innovative gameplay with trackless 3D note charts (It’s hard to explain here; You can play it on your own by clicking the link at the bottom). The same goes for music: I don’t make pop songs or generic electronic music, but rather, I go for the ultimate listening experience!
Why ESAP?
To expand my “creative arsenal”. Every future goal – game dev, AI training, hardware engineering, etc. – demands deeper knowledge. I think that engineering majors have the most potential in the future, or maybe I should call engineering a tool on which all creation is based.
But my journey in engineering is lonely. At school, almost no one chooses to major in engineering, and I would love to have someone to learn and explore new knowledge with me. More importantly, I want to find people who believe in the aesthetic value of engineering as I do. A good engineering community should be able to collide with varieties of ideas, and I want to meet more talented people with interests comparable to mine, and together we can make longer term progress!