Game Designer
Rail Runner
Summary
Team Size: 10
Worked on Project Between September 2018 to Feburary 2019
Tools Used: Perforce
Engine Used: Unreal Engine (4.20)
Game Concept
Short Version: A first-person shooter where players escape a neon digital world using abilities to defeat enemies and traversing through levels.
Long Version: Players use different abilities/bullets like hook shots, explosives, and time slow to beat enemies or travel through the levels. The idea is that the players are escaping a digital space with abilities that they would pick up as they go through different digital levels.
Roles
Level Designer
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Conceptualized the game's levels by drawing a chart to organize the objective of the level and a map layout to develop the spatial design of the level.
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Designed a level in Unreal where players explore a small city-like street that allow players to transition to other levels.
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Conceptualized and implemented three levels, using Unreal, to allow players to learn the game’s mechanics and have fun using those mechanics.
Tech Designer
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Prototyped some of the mechanics within Unreal's blueprints so that it would be used in the game.
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Scripted all major events in the levels, using level sequences and triggered events, to make the levels feel more action-packed.
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Created a block enemy that changes face and no longer hurt players.
Creative Director
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Led the team in the direction of the game where the game has certain core mechanics and themes to how the levels would look.