This is the second gameproject I was involved with at Futuregames. My mainfocus was lead designer, gamedesign and leveldesign. I also did the GDD and was responsible for our playtesting session at Futuregames in Skellefteå.

My contributions

Gamedesign

• Lead in deciding which mechanics used
• Lead in designing the mechanics used in the game
• Working together with the UX designer Emma Höggren to implement UI work
• Working together with Lead programmer Eddy Grootenboer and Project owner Gustav Englund in deciding and creating weekly tasks in Jira
• Creating a progression map for the whole game
• Designing the controller scheme
• Creating the GDD

Leveldesign

• Creating paper prototypes for level 2 and 3
• Blocking out level 2 and 3 in Unity
• Creating paper prototypes of puzzles for different mechanics that could be utilized by other leveldesigners
• Helped out with improving the onboarding of the beginning tutorial
• Helped out members who struggled with Unity

Examples

Paper prototypes

Blockouts

Reflections

What did I learn?

• Working with Perforce
• Better understanding of the Gamedesigner role
• The importance of making paper prototypes before blockouts
• The importance of playtesting

What could I have done better?

• Reaching out earlier to see if any team member needed help
• Playtest at an earlier stage
• Make my paperprototypes a little prettier so they would be easier for teammembers to understand
• Be more clear when describing the mechanics to the programmers