Have You herd?

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1-4 Player party game, Have you Herd delivers bubbly fun for kids and adults of all ages. Take control of one of our 6 herding dogs to complete short animal herding scenarios with your friends. Players can choose to follow a multiplayer story path or engage in head to head herding challenges in our multiplayer vs mode.  

In this project I served as a Systems designer, level designer, systems engineer, QA to gameplay systems, UI/VFX designer. I also worked directly with art and programming teams to ensure fidelity of created assets to design goals and objectives. 

In this phase I assisted with the engineering and prototyping of basic gameplay systems and level design goals to better refine the game ideas.

As systems came online I tested and iterated assets while keeping  communication with the tech design team to create exactly what was needed for the best gameplay potential. The highlight for me being the sheep launcher which shoots our animals through the air to objectives or other locations. 

Once final gameplay assets and tools became online, I worked on developing gameplay levels that would end up being our main demo levels for the first live demo. 

A re-design and re-structure of the team was needed to move to the next level of investor interest. I introduced new core gameplay design for the main player mechanic and for one of our main antagonistic animals " The Bull".   

I was tasked with cleaning up and optimizing Core game mode Blueprints and architecture implemented by previous devs on the project. This was a challenging phase where I organized, restructured, and correctly architected core systems using Object oriented programming philosophies for game modes and key gameplay assets.

I worked directly with game artists and another level designer to polish and create our gameplay levels for the final project. I also had a hand in the design and implementation of key UI gameplay feedback systems.