Founder

• Sep 2017 - Present

Created and produced an ARPG in an Agile environment, designing sprints, planning milestones, maintaining and prioritizing the product backlog and conducting review sessions, including coaching Agile practice Prototyped and designed the game from first principles, including features, mechanics and content, and documented the designs for other stakeholders; core goals included distilling the traditional experience of 100s of hours into 2-6 and simplifying into a small number of intuitive concepts without sacrificing variety through combinations/interactions, aimed at the initial demographic of games like Diablo 2 who are at a stage in life with significantly different needs and resources, yet are left unserved by the current landscape Conducted research into the psychological and biological foundation of fun, enjoyment and emotions to best understand the processes that happen during gameplay Coordinated the creation of art, audio and marketing assets by external collaborators and their implementation with a holistic approach in order to keep the theme consistent, including providing supervision, finding the right external partners with regards to the budget, the goals, timeline and style of the project, and with a focus for partners without traditional gaming experience or style Kept development within budget by identifying recruitment channels and individuals with high potential that were undervalued by the job market, but that had a simple and quick transition to gaming and the needs of the project Programmed the game in C#/Unity, implementing player actions, UI, audio and enemy behaviors, along with 2 other collaborators Organized marketing, outreach and sales efforts in digital and physical spaces, including participating in Reboot Develop as an exhibitor Raised funding from a governmental grant program, and further conducted fundraising through more traditional channels including investors, publishers and other organisations Show less