First Game Project:

Flare was the first game project I worked on in a multi-disciplinary team at NHTV Breda University, in year 1 semester 2.  Without much training I was already tasked with being one of two designers as well as team lead and producer for our team.

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Despite some initial scoping issues, we managed to deliver a working prototype of the core game loop, planet exploration, resource drilling, and marketplace economy with purchasable upgrades, pleasantly surprising the teaching staff. 

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The game is fully procedural - meaning each playthrough takes place in a differently generated solar system, with different procedural environments and drillable resource placements. ​​

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Tasks included:

• Initial concepting & systems design

  • Coding and implementation of various gameplay features and animations in Unity C#​

• Narrative design

• Level Design - design, whiteboxing and eventual set dressing of the player's space ship

• World design and gameplay balancing of all the explorable planet biomes with procedural tools made by our programmers

• Design and implementation all of the game's UI and menus 

• Team Lead role - handled direction, task assignment, planning/scope cuts, presentations to teachers and build deliveries

  •  Led a team of 8 (2 designers, 4 artists, 2 programmers)​