Turmoil
As assistant producer on Turmoil aiding with the creation and updates of core game design documents such as the Gantt Chart, Art Style Guide, Game Design Document, Release to Market, and Playtest Analysis. I led external play testing, creating surveys for play testers and gaining feedback to then be turned into tasks for the game's development process. I managed and created engaging content on all of Turmoil’s social media including Instagram and TikTok.
Tools & Software Used
Unreal Engine 5
Blueprints
Github
Notion
Excel
Google Forms
External Playtesting Surveys
Our Playtest Analysis document that includes all playtesting efforts.
Our Playtest Analysis document that includes all playtesting efforts.
Our Playtest Analysis document that includes all playtesting efforts.
Our bug document that includes the bugs we were tracking, how we were tracking them, and efforts to fix bugs found in our game.
The Release to Market priority task list. This includes the dates tasks were due by, the priority level (4 being the highest priority and 1 being the lowest), who they were assigned to, and the status of each task.
Turmoil Art Style Guide
As a key programmer on the team, I aided in developing projectiles and enemy AI. My work involved leveraging nav mesh and pawn sensing technologies to craft an enemy chase dynamic. I became familiar with behavior trees and environment query systems to develop AI for the different attack patterns for our enemies. A focus of mine was on animation implementation within Unreal Engine. Through this project, I gained knowledge in creating animation blueprints, blend spaces, animation montages, state machines, and environment query systems. These elements combined bring life to the game with character movements and enemy AI.
We did not have custom animations to work with, as result we used animations from Mixamo that I cut in half at the players spine and created separate state machines for. This allowed the player to be able to perform attacks while running without breaking the player's immersion in the game.
The transitions for then top and bottom state machines are checking if the player is performing an action. If that action is true, the corresponding animation will play.
The walking animation blueprint casts to the main player movement blueprint and updates the animations based on the characters speed while checking that the bottom and top half of the animations are in sync.
This is how each of the players animation events were set up. Each event checks if the player is performing an action and plays the respective animation to go along with it.
Kiwi Clockwork Studios: 13 People
Duration: August 2023 - April 2024
In this action-packed game set in a late-stage capitalist society, players assume the role of a human worker with a prosthetic mechanical arm in a predominantly automated factory. After being deemed defective by the worker robots and thrown into the factory basement, the protagonist faces a life-threatening injury, leaking oil from their arm. Players navigate through hazardous factory rooms, battling hostile robots using a blend of dash, melee, ranged, and special abilities. The game features strategic gameplay with elemental modifiers and abilities available at workbenches across four levels. Challenge rooms increase the difficulty, offering rewards such as scrap, oil for health, and blueprints for arm upgrades. Players face off in a boss battle on the fifth level. The game combines elements of strategy, action, and narrative-driven gameplay, with a focus on overcoming adversity and fighting against oppressive systems