Overcome your nightmares and face your unavoidable fate
OVERVIEW
Delator is a cosmic horror puzzle-platformer Vertical Slice inspired by the world of H.P. Lovecraft and by the "Telltale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.
Play the role of a skittish doctor chosen by the cult of Delator to be the last sacrifice and escape the gaze of Delator.
The goal of the project was to gain familiarity with Unreal 5 tools.
I worked as Game Designer, Producer and Programmer on this game as a personal project.
FEATURES
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H.P. Lovecraft inspired world
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Puzzles in two different dimensions
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Stealth sections
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In game cinematics
MY CONTRIBUTIONS
As Game Designer and Programmer
• Designed the overall core mechanics and systems and programmed some of them using Blueprints, including.
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Panic System:
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The player Panic meter will constantly fill up while being seen by a creature of Delator.
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When the Panic meter gets full, the player dies and the main character becomes a ragdoll.
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Stealth System: When Delator appears in the sky, the areas where the player is exposed fill up his Panic meter.
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Save Game and Respawn System: Used Game Instance and Save Game object to save the player data during the game.
• Designed puzzles using hold and dragging mechanics, dimension swapping mechanics and platforming.
• Designed all enemies and creatures: behaviors, attirubutes and abilities.
• Implemented breakable sufaces using Chaos Destruction.
• Imported rigs and animations into Unreal.
• Implemented ragdolls.
• Dressed up the first main area of the Vertical Slice (Forest).
As Producer
• Managing a team of 7 developers, including: designers, programmers, artists and animators.
• Task monitorization via agile methodology (Trello).
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New task assignment every sprint.
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Organization of weekly meetings with each department and with the whole team.
• Development of a production plan for the game (Excel).
• Risk management and mitigation.
• Motivating the team and conflict resolution.
• Pitching the game to stakeholders
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Studio: NAS Games
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Genre: Puzzle-platformer
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Platform: PC
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Duration: January 2023 - June 2023
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Team Size: 7
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Engine & Tools used: Unreal 5.0.3, Blender, Maya, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, ZBrush