Project 12

GAME INFO

Genre: Souls-Like Roguelike
Engine: Unreal 4/5
Platform: Windows

CONTRIBUTIONS
Position: Senior Technical Game Designer, Feature Lead

Led, designed, and implemented soulslike boss fight for a successful prototype
Researched and documented content role models
Designed spec for procedurally generated content and collaborated with engineering to develop appropriate tools and constraints, produced extensive documentation
Led the content and layout feature/team

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BOSS DESIGN

Boss Design - Fetid Kiln Keeper (WIP)

Coming soon!

Early WIP Boss Document

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Intent:

References/Examples

Timing values represent frames @30 FPS

1-Hit Weapon Swing (Overhead)

Intent	Loudly telegraphed, high anticipation, high damage, limited area of effect/targeting, encourages players to move to side or back of enemy
Type	Melee Attack
Player Strategy	Lateral Dodge
Max Range	700uu
Target Arc	90°

Anticipation	Hit	Recovery
54	10	68

1-Hit Weapon Swing 2 (Horizontal Sweep)

Intent	Lower damage, sweeping arc, broader area of effect, encourages players to create distance
Type	Melee Attack
Player Strategy	Back Dodge
Max Range	700uu
Target Arc	135°

Anticipation	Hit	Recovery
64	26	54

AOE - Burst

Intent	broad AOE escalation that pushes evading players out of attack range
Type	AoE
Player Strategy	Run Away
Radius	900uu
Max Range	600uu
Target Arc	360°

Anticipation	Hit	Recovery
120	4	36

Gap-Closer - Leap

Intent	Gap-closer disincentivizes creating too much distance, natural followup for AoE
Type	Melee Attack with root motion
Distance	1,000uu
Min Range	900uu
Max Range	3,000uu
Target Arc	360°
Height	350uu

Anticipation	Hit	Recovery
66	4	60

About Face

Intent	Player movement speed disparity compensation, prevents players from attacking the back for extended periods unpunished, followup to a dodged leap
Type	Movement
Distance	1,000uu
Target Arc	22.5°
Yaw	(-)157.5° (left/right-dependent)
Duration	40