Roles and Responsibilities

Over my 5+ years on Unforetold: Witchstone, I wore many hats: I led the level design while also contributing to designing our complex systemic gameplay and giving technical support everywhere needed.

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Lead Level Designer​

• I established the level guidelines and metrics, ensuring the systemic gameplay was functional in the created levels.​

• With the approval of other departments, I established the pipeline for our Level Creation Process.

• I wrote extensive documentation and recorded “how to” videos to detail our gameplay implementation process, which is highly technical, given the systemic nature of our game.

• I personally conceived, implemented and iterated on the Level Design of 6 townships and 6 dungeon maps for a total of 12 playable maps.

• In the last two years, I coached and mentored a team of 2 level designers in conceiving, implementing and iterating upon an additional 3 townships and 7 dungeons.

• I oversaw the functionality and intention of gameplay elements across the project's maps.

• I was responsible for coordinating the level design team, setting our priorities, and being the main point of contact concerning any level design-related topics.

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Senior Game Designer​

I conceived and implemented the following 8 game features:

• Integrated myself via C++ and Blueprints:

  • Day and Night Cycle

  • Level Ingredients (Doors, Containers, Traps, Levers, etc.)

  • Keys System

• Coordinated with programmers to integrate:​

  • ​N​PCs’ Daily Routine System

  • Buildings and Zones System​​

  • NPCs' Points of Interest​

  • Pickup Items​

  • Blocking Feature

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I contributed to multiple other systems that were picked up by different designers over time:

• Monsters & Encounter System

• Guard Patrols

• Inventory System

• Loot System

• Shop System

• NPC Behaviors

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When programming support was required for a feature, I would coordinate with the designated teammate to ensure its implementation and integration.

Technical Designer

Here are the main highlights of my purely technical responsibilities:

• I ensured that every gameplay element was encapsulated into a modular class, following a clear hierarchy, and that level scripting was avoided, as it hindered the systemic nature of our gameplay.

• I provided technical guidance and instructions to level designers, integrators, and artists for all gameplay content elements.​

• I developed nine tools (spline tool, quick building tool, cover tool, loot auditing tool, etc.) to help the team implement content, reducing the required time by half in most cases.

• I collaborated closely with the engineering team to initiate Automated Testing of our complex systemic gameplay.

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Videos and Design Documents of my work are available upon request as they are subject to copyright.

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