Personal Game Project

In my spare time I am working with a small team to create a really exciting self driven prop hunt game - designing levels and environments, shaping gameplay and guiding our small team through early development.

I am using this time to experiment, collaborate and focus on my own creative growth.

Responsibilities

Shaping core gameplay mechanics and player flow
Balancing exploration, pacing and player agency
Iterating on feedback to refine player experience
Researching monetisation options

Game Design

Crafting immersive & emotionally resonant spaces
Blocking out environments and refining visual storytelling
Using lighting and composition and terrain tools to guide players
Utilizing hand crafted 3D Models to populate and dress environments

Environment Art

Building and maintaining clear production pipelines
Assigning tasks and setting realistic, respectful deadlines
Tracking progress and adapting workflows to team needs using Trello
Documenting processes and tools for smoother collaboration
Coordinating across disciplines to keep development aligned

Production

Supporting teammates with gentle, emotionally intelligent guidance
Facilitating brainstorming sessions, meetings and creative problem-solving
Encouraging autonomy while offering structure and clarity
Mediating feedback and fostering a safe, creative space

Team Leadership & Collaboration

Level Design

Blocking out levels in early stages to test navigation, pacing and level space
Designing intuitive layouts that guide players naturally through space
Adapting level design to evolving gameplay systems and mechanics
Optimizing levels for performance
Iterating based on playtesting and team feedback
Balancing challenge and flow to create satisfying gameplay loops
Designing with visual hierarchy so important elements stand out naturally
Balancing aesthetic with function, ensuring environments are beautiful and legible

We're in the early stages of development, and I'm currently focused on blocking out the level layout while beginning to integrate the core mechanics into a simplified version of the first level.

Identifying all planned props (by making them red) gives me a clearer sense of the level’s required density and environmental detail

I will be adding different levels of terrain to these maps to add variety and help with line of sight breakage

Trying to add clear visual barriers to indicate the containment of the level