Features

• Fast-paced gameplay centered around spinning the gun to reload and parry.
• Distinct style and art direction to capture the gritty essence of the game.
• Radiant dialogue when downed and when taking reprieve in the dream world.
• Levels to fight through a rehearsal of violence and explore.

Contributions

• Architected project to adhere to Single Entry Point while using Editor Initializers in non-base scenes to ensure developers could still click play from other scenes.
• Built tool to slice levels into zones for optimal chunking as the player progressed to each room, allowing the level designer to still work in one scene with clear gizmos and simple hierarchy rules.
• Designed and implemented the game's HUD and UI using UI Toolkit aided by custom frameworks like a "TailwindUSS" tool.
• Coded the enemy AI's state machine and behaviors. Multiple ways for the enemies to become aware of the player to avoid breaking immersion. Enemies can aim directly at player or aim based on where they’ll be; forcing the player to use the sprint, parry, and/or slide mechanic(s) to survive encounters.
• Narrative system with an updated version of Artemis. Uses Yarn Spinner nodes as a basis then uses world state data to generate a query and use that to find an appropriate and high priority narrative beat attuned to what the player has experienced.