About the game (personal project)

Yokai Rescue is a 2D Action-Plateformer where the player embodies Seiki, a Yokai whose goal is to ascend a giant tower using a grappling hook.
The game is nervous, as the player is airborne most of the time, escaping traps and fighting ennemy foes.

Context

This personal project was made on Unity during Summer 2021 in a team composed of 8 people at full time, and 4 people in backup. We aim to release it on Steam when our schedules will allow us to polish the final assets.

My role in the project

As a Game Designer, I contributed to the elaboration of the character's moveset, abilities and assigned them to the right controller inputs. I also worked on the core gameplay loop, on enemies designs as well as multiple level design elements.

As a Programmer, I developped the behavior of the ennemies "Wasp" & "Octopus", and multiples LD elements (including a black hole, a bumper, spikes, etc). Finally, I made the menus (main and pause), with all the associated options.

As a Level Designer, I had to make in a very short time half of the level "The Lab" (intermediate difficulty). I picked the most appropriate level elements (lore and difficulty wise), and placed them according to appropriate difficulty and learning curves.
I always kept in mind to propose environmental storytelling according to the lore.

Key Learnings

What went well: I was able to learn a lot on C# Heritage, controller balancing and was glad to work on the level design of a "long project" for the first time. Also, the team atmosphere was great!

What could have been improved: We had to suddently replace one of our level designer and rework the level from scratch in a hurry.

About the game

Sliding Towers is a mobile 3D Tower-Defense set up in a futuristic environment, where the player has to defend its base against mighty aliens.

He must optimize its turrets and enhancement modules placement, as they will affect turrets & projectiles characteristics.
Each enhancement is able to combo with others, and finding the most efficient combinations for each situation is the key to defeat the different ennemies.

Context

This project was made on Unity during Spring 2021 in a team composed of 7 people. Our major constraint was to make it run smoothly on all the recent Android devices.
We plan to release it on the Android Play Store once our school will give us the publishing rights.

My role in the project

As a Game Designer, I designed the tower placement system and some combo effects. I created the progression system, and worked on the game's monetization. I also contributed to balancing, and focused a lot on inputs and user experience.

As a Programmer, I developped everything that is outside the core gameplay: the save system, the progression system, menus and UI interactions, etc.

As a Producer, I managed my team around agile framework SCRUM. I set up a production pipeline & ensured that the project ran smoothly.

Key Learnings

What went well: The game feels satisfying and well optimized. The content is consequent. I was able to work on fields
-monetization, balancing, progression systems- that really interests me.

What could have been improved: I'd like to rework the UI and add few feedbacks before releasing it on the Android Play Store.

About the game (graduation project - in development)

Farm'O'Bot is an Action Coop Online game set up in an alternative close future, where players have to repay their loan and progress by farming and defending their crops against waves of nuisibles.

They shall use their mechs and farming modules to cultivate and optimize their production, fight and defend against nuisibles and environmental casualties, allowing them to upgrade and expand their modules and fields.

Each module is efficient in a given situation, and players have to communicate and organize themselves to protect and produce optimally.

Context

Farm'O'Bot is made on Unreal Engine 5 during the scholar year 2022-2023 in a team composed of 10 people.
It is my final year project, on which I'm working full time from the conception to the release.

I was appointed as Creative Director in December 2022 after few months in pre-production, and had to reboot the project from scratch.
Since then, everything is running smoothly!

My role in the project

As a Creative Director, I came up with the fantasy and the core concept. I presented my vision to my teammates, wrote the HLC and ensured we were on the same page about game intentions and global features.

I'm responsible for the compliance of every feature & asset added to the game, and spend a lot of time communicating with the team and educational actors to explain and improve the game.

As a System Designer, I imagine the different systems and global mechanics, and am responsible about the game design and balance on economy, I.A. and difficulty.

I also made a timeline integrating rational game design with all the steps experienced by players in the game, work on the onboarding and all the events and content that will twist the core gameplay loop.

I'm also making benchmarks and work closely with the 3C designer to ensure all the mecanics are fullfilling the game's intentions and desired player experience.

I plan to collect and analyze a lot of data from playtesters in order to help me in this task, using data vizualisation softwares such as tableau software to do so.

About the game

Supertag is a Competitive Online Parkour game set up in a futuristic environment, where the player has to either catch or escape its competitor, another real player (as the Chase Tag game) to win the rounds.
He can control his character as in "Mirror's Edge" and use a grappling hook to become the best tag player in the multiple arenas.

Context

This project was made on Unreal Engine 4 during Fall 2021 in a team composed of 6 people. We had no game artists on the project.

My role in the project

As a Game Designer, I designed with my team the intentions, the mecanics and LD elements. Then, I worked on a playtest protocol & QA survey.

As a UI/UX designer, I ensured that the assets were lisible, affordants and that all the informations & feedbacks were well understood by the player. I produced a lot of 2D assets on illustrator (logo, UI etc.).

As a Producer, I set up objectives, attributed tasks and continuously managed the scope.

Key Learnings

What went well: For the first time, I was able to work on UE4 for a "long" project and learn more about the engine (and Perforce).

What could have been improved: We encountered technical difficulties and had to revisit our scope, partly because of the complex online multiplayer features.