• Dungeon Crawler

    A hooded figure looms heroically in the centre of an action-packed image, with large sword pull out behind it. The white mask they wear has a wide red vertical between the eyes, and down to the split where the mouth is. Witherbloom appears in stylized letters
    Project Showcase

    Witherbloom

    Hub and base-building mechanics The Hearth Act 1 Narrative implementation Levels The Outpouring, Floor 1 of the Sanctum of Harmony The Scatter, Floor 2 of the Sanctum of Harmony

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    A clip from "MythForce" game's opening 2d animation sequence with Victoria in front, Maggie casting a spell behind here, Hawkins aiming left offscreen, and Rico facing right offscreen. A horde of enemy silhouettes surrounds them.
    Project

    MythForce

    Early Access release Spring 2022 Page Link: MythForce

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    A menu screen from MythForce showing the abilities and upgrades for Victoria, a knight. Her Sling Shield ability is selected displaying an example video, a tree with one upgrade selected, and the upgrated ability's modified stats.
    Systems Design

    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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    Technical Design

    Playing a Support role on the Design Team

    Project:  MythForce Engine:    Unreal Editor 4 Timeline:    Leading up to September 2021 Release Candidate I joined the team in mid-production, a bit over 6 months before this release candidate build.My initial task was to audit project workflows & architecture. Our goal…

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    About

    Curriculum Vitae

    Welcome to my portfolio. My name is James, but feel free to call me Jim. I am a level and narrative designer living in the Greater Vancouver Area of British Columbia, Canada. Before games I spent more than 6 years…

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