Games

Collect cats and avoid a cursed-Mike-Wazowski in this top-down game!

System Design

Global Game Jam 2024 - Team of 2 - Unreal Engine 5

Implemented inventory and spawning using data tables

Updated player model and relevant animation blueprint

Built basic UMG UI with blueprint updating through gameplay

3D action game! Punch zombies! With a rubber duck? Watch them fly!

Gameplay Design

72-hr Jam in August 2023 - Team of 3 - Unreal Engine 5

Implemented basic combat using Anim Notifies and bones

Implemented NPCs that could identify and track the player, and attempt a single attack type

Implemented animations and player controls

Witchcraft-based crafting/relationship sim, set on floating mountains with drastic seasonal weather changes.

Paper Systems & Narrative Design

6 Months - Solo Project - Google Docs & Miro

Created a GDD describing the core gameplay systems

Determined plans for unique seasons, plants, and beginning quests for a solarpunk farming sim

Collected visual references for a simple art bible

Designed initial UI for supporting different game mechanics

Jumping a poorly crafted boat over trash in the River Styx never looked better.

Gameplay & Boss Design

2020 Global Game Jam - Team of 4 - Construct 3

Implemented classic side-scrolling platformer mechanics with the goal of keeping your boat afloat while you crossed the River Styx

Helped team members new to games determine their needs and goal

Designed "boss" and implemented basic behavior to spice up the second half

10 Months; Solo Project

Combat & Boss Design:

• Designed and implemented 3 attacks unique to boss’s identity

• Managed design documentation, progress notes, and prioritized task lists

• Implemented platformer-style boss battle

8 Months; Team of 2

Narrative Design:

• Implemented visual novel systems with text branches using visual tools

• Determined a balance for educational and entertaining content & paced narrative accordingly

• Wrote dialogue and revised based on feedback from peers and project owners

• Organized design documents and prioritized lists for asset creation of a visual novel