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Do A Barrel Roll?? (2024)

Engine: Unity

Team Size: Solo

Duration: 9 Month

Tags:

Platformer,
Level Design,

About Me

I'm an independent game developer who specializes in level design. I also work as a freelancer for various clients. No matter if it is a person who has a wonderful game idea in mind, an independent studio who could use an extra hand or a startup studio who wants a talented developer to join the team for the project.

I graduated from University of Technology Sydney in Bachelor of Science in Game Development. I have plenty of experience in making a wide variety of games. From the easier ones such as platformers or point and click games to the more complicated ones such as strategy or action games. I enjoy making all different types of games.

As a game development contractor, I value my relationship with my clients. Therefore I always try to deliver the best product. For that, I prioritize communication to ensure the product matches the vision in the client's mind perfectly if not better.

In level design, I have experience designing levels for platformers, action games and puzzle games. I found the process can be very systematic. Level sections can be built upon the ideas, skills or techniques that the level features. Which can be adjusted and connected afterward. In level design, I also pay attention to the environment. In order to deliver the setting and story through the level.

If you have a project and would like an extra hand. Please don't hesitate to send an email to solthunder93@gmail.com . I'm looking forward to working with you for an amazing project!!

Skills

Languages

C#
C++
GDScript
JavaScript
HTML
CSS

Frameworks

Unity
Unreal5
Godot
Express.js

Tools

Piskel
Blender
Github
Bitbucket
Trello
DevOps

Do A Barrel Roll??

Summary

“Do A Barrel Roll??” is a “Getting over it” type of platformer developed via Unity Engine. It introduces a unique control method of character and challenging level design with a punishing penalty when making a mistake. This project was developed solo in 9 months with a minimum of downloaded assets. All game scripts, tiles, UI elements, main menu background, barrel sprite and pirate ship sprite are created by myself.

Level Design

Regarding this type of game, I always think that the player can't do anything after a mistake is unfair. The different outcome only depends on the position of the mistake being made. Therefore, I want to design the level so that after making a mistake. Though some progress will be lost but the amount of progress loss depends on players actions. However, it is very difficult to design such levels. So I first sketch the platforming idea part of the section. Then link the section to the previous section and consider the potential failure and their outcome. Next, add appropriate potential save to the previous section or the current section. Lastly, repeat between play testing the level and fine tuning the level until I am satisfied with the result. At the end, I provide a challenging and sometimes frustrating but always fair experience to the players.