​Engine: Unity
Players: 1
Genre: Fishing, Third Person Shooter
Game Summary: Players take control of a retired space marine to travel across the galaxy to different wormholes and catch whatever fish, creatures, or objects that they can. Sell the caught fish to the shop for the player to purchase upgrades to their gun and boat to travel to new wormholes.
Developer Role Summary:

• Designed and documented the core gameplay loop. Created documentation detailing combat, player interactions, shop upgrades, player progression, enemies behaviors and rewards for catching/defeating them.
• Created a playable prototype showcasing gameplay.
• Scripted, with C#, the menus, upgrades, and shop interaction for the final build.
• Acquired sounds and music for the game. Edited them in Adobe Audition.
• Acting as the team's producer as well, I set up and managed everyone's tasks in a task management software, similar to Jira. Logged hours, set up team meetings, managed weekly sprints, discussions, and performed a market analysis for the game.

Team Development Roles
Designer: Jeremy Davenport
Artists: Norman Paquette, Joseph Gale
Programmers: Ethan Lamitie, Sone Berrios

Game Assets: The image used for the wormhole was acquired off google images and I do not own the rights to the image. All sounds were acquired and/or edited by me. I do not own the rights to any of these sounds. The following sounds and music used in the game were provided by sources listed in the following file:

importedsoundlist.txt
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Initial Concepts

NOTE: Any skipping in the video is due to the program used to record the video, not from the game itself.

The Prototype: Prototyping is important for any game in early conception. I created a prototype showcasing the main ideas of the game and received overwhelming positive feedback from the team and other people. I learned that describing an idea can work in getting a game across, but seeing everyone smile and laugh at the idea in a basic prototype really gives the feeling that we're on to something good.

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Development Changes

Visual design document of the upgrades and menus.

Visual design document detailing early gameplay.

Visual design document detailing fish, hazards, and rewards.

Documented gameplay loop.

Iteration: After the initial prototype, we had to start making changes to have the player feel more in control. I had a power throw mechanic in the game to give the feeling of not having a lot of control where the line goes and dealing with what happens, but taking it out and accurately throwing it somewhere made it feel more satisfying. In fact, there was also a dash added to the boat for the player to use while hooking a fish to avoid the garbage. This gives the player something to split their attention and increase the tension, while also making them feel good for successfully dodging space trash while holding onto a fish. All fitting into the theme of being a retired space marine that is still skillful in retirement.

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Final State

NOTE: Any skipping in the video is due to the program used to record the video, not from the game itself.

More Than A Designer: I also assumed the role as producer of the team by setting up meetings, schedules, individual tasks on a task management software, a market analysis, the audio for sounds and music, and offering scripting help with minor tasks. It goes to show that even as a designer, I have to be ready to adapt and assume a new role on the go. Knowing a little bit of everything helps.

Stuff I Scripted: I had scripted menu interactions on prototypes before and thought I could help take care of smaller tasks, while my team worked on other tasks. I made the splash screen interactions, the fade-in and fade-outs for scenes, the main menu screen with the market, and the upgrades to check the player's money and to apply power upgrades to the gun upon purchasing them.
I also made the debris acting as hazards for the player. I made the wormhole shoot out garbage during gameplay and apply damage to the fishing line when the player hits them.