Arboreal
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Project Info:
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Platform: PC
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Engine: Unreal Engine 4
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Genre: Adventure, Farming, Open World
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Time: 1 September 2017 - 9 July 2018 (in-development)
Description:
Arboreal is a top down, open-world farming & adventuring game where you save ancient colossi from a spreading corruption.
This is a year long study project where I took on the role of a System Designer.
My Contribution:
Arboreal is my first big project with the team consisting of more than 30 people. I have been interested in System Design for quite a while and decided to take on this role for the project in order to gain more experience in this area. My main responsibilities included concepting, economy design, combat and playtesting organisation.
System Design
As a System Designer I was responsible for:
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Creating High-Level concepts of systems
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Detailing systems, especially economy and resource flow
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Creating quick prototypes of systems
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Holding playtesting sessions
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Tweaking system variables and ensuring the gameplay balance
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Communicating with other feature teams and disciplines to ensure the coherency of all game elements
A scheme explaining the environmental cycles in game.
Gif demonstrating combat in game.
Prototyping
During the pre-production stage I created prototypes to explore and showcase various mechanics ideas. After settling on the concept, I created prototypes for economy and farming system to balance out resource flow and price values for items.
Economy prototype: overview of resource flow made in Machinations tool
One of the mechanics' prototypes made during the pre-production phase: the drilling mechanic.
Farming prototype which calculates revenue, loss and profit per in-game month for different crops and seasons.