Tech Lead

• Lead a team of 3 programmers

• Handled source control and main build of the game

• Monitored and assigned individual tasks to my teammates

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Generalist programmer

• Handled a bit of everything

• Edited and tweaked scripts from my teammates to be able to be implemented

 

Player mechanics

• Basic player movement

  • Moving around using WASD​

  • Sprinting, with a stamina system attached

  • Looking direction based on mouse cursor location

• Mode switching function that changes between the two modes of "vision" and "hearing"

• Hearing mode​

  • A mode in which the player's vision is highly limited, but they can now "hear" sounds​

  • This mode actually provides more audio when played

  • Is also visually visible with sonar-like visuals

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• Throwing mechanic

  • Player can pickup items and use them to distract the enemies​

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Enemy AI

• Created 2 enemies with different properties

  • Both enemies seek and attack the player when their conditions are met​

• Utilized A Star Pathfinding Project plugin to create enemy AI

  • Patrolling based on patrol points​

  • Enemies can pinpoint and seek the player's location when triggered

  • Enemies return to patrol route when not chasing

  • Patrol routes update and change when the level layout changes

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Level mechanics and progression

• Created mechanics for different level objects and obstacles

  • Obstacle that creates noise when ran into​

  • Object that can be activated to distract enemies

  • Object where the player can hide in to avoid enemy detection

  • Simple door function

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• Level progression

  • Level changes when quest items are picked up​

  • ​New enemies spawn​

  • Level layout changes, walls are broken, certain doors are unlocked

  • Enemy patrol routes changes based on the new paths

 

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UI implementation

• Base UI for player statistics

  • Sanity bar (Health bar)​

  • In-hand item (Icon swaps with item cycle)

  • Current mode (Hearing or Seeing mode)

• Journal system and UI​

  • A journal with different tabs​ that provide different menus​​

  • General pause menu with options

  • How to play guide

  • Journal elements with story and lore, which updates when the player progresses the story, or picks up certain items

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• Audio system​

  • Created an audio manager to handle all the audio in the game​

  • Used spatial audio

  • Implemented the audio for certain actions, and individual characters and items

 

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Dialogue system

• A dialogue system that bounces between the 2 main characters

• Speed up and skip functions

• Designed in a way where tutorials and tips are nested within the dialogue itself

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Art assets implementation

• Worked closely with the artists to figure out measurements and asset needs

• Implemented the art assets into the build

  • Character sprites and animations​

  • Prop sprites and their different states

  • Level assets and layout

  • Used tile sets for some level assets