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Hubris

The Premise

Hubris is a 2D local multiplayer platform fighter, with simple, fast paced one-hit-kill combat. Outwit and outplay your opponent as you scale to the top of a giant arena, where "up" is relative to which player has the lead. Defeat your opponent to turn the tides of battle (and the arena itself) 180° in your favour. Hubris was developed by a team of 4 over the course of 7 weeks, and is planned to receive future updates.

  • Lead Game and Level Designer

    • Designed and balanced character actions and controls

    • Created early prototypes for mechanics to quickly get the core experience testable

    • Designed, tested, and balanced modular levels fully playable when rotated 180 degrees

  • Sound Designer

    • Created or sourced and implimented all sound effects

  • Playtest Facilitator

    • Prepared a playtest protocol and facilitated testing

    • Analysed feedback to form conclusions and create action items to guide future development

My Roles

My Responsibilities

  • Asset Pipeline

    • Implement visual and audio assets created by the team

  • Game Feel

    • Working closely alongside programmers, balanced visual and audio effects to best contribute to the intended experience in a satisfying and natural manner

  • GitHub Project Management

    • Was a primary reviewer for GitHub pull requests from teammates, ensuring each contribution was meeting team standards and functioning as intended

Challenges Faced

  • Short development timeline and small project team

    • Overcame by carefully planning and adjusting the project scope as necessary, mindfully prioritizing tasks, and working at maximum team efficiency

  • Internal team conflict regarding task assignment

    • Overcame by constructive discussion to ease concerns and alterations made to our team communication going forward to avoid future misunderstandings

Skills / Knowledge Gained

  • Experience with a publisher/developer type relationship

  • Experience working in a higher stakes professional setting as opposed to strictly educational settings

  • Greater practical applications of level design theory centred around a unique mechanic

  • Experience with new project mangement tools (HacknPlan and GitHub Pull Requests)

  • Experience working as the lead game designer alongside developers primarily of other practices

  • Adaptation of joining a project already in the production phase of development

Early level mockups on paper!

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