Systems Design

Action Verbs for the Ultimate Archer

Project:  MythForce Engine:    Unreal Editor 4 Character:   Hawkins, the Ultimate Archer Teamplay Archetype for Hawkins Ranged Initiator and Escape Expert These three player abilities are the most impactful verbs for Hawkins’ portrayal Design Intentions Hawkins uses strong bow weapon attacks, as…

Class-based upgrade systems

Project:  MythForce Engine:    Unreal Editor 4 Feature:    Player Abilities For each of our twelve abilities, I designed and reached approval on three additional upgrades. These varied in scope, with the original intention that each upgrade must add a differentiator on the…

RPG Mechanics for Hero Progression

Identifying the Problem Space Mythforce launched into Early access with four characters, each having three active abilities. For each of these twelve abilities I designed three upgrades, then documented & completed approval stakeholder review processes on them. These intentionally varied…

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