NDA COVERED SYSTEMS

While my case studies focus on the design process, vision, and player experience, each of these systems was also architected and implemented with a deep technical understanding. As both a designer and developer, I am responsible for ensuring my designs are not only engaging but also feasible, scalable, and robust.

The following provides a brief, NDA-friendly overview of the development considerations for some of these projects.

Expeditions: Procedural Generation & Economic Modeling

The implementation of Expeditions required a robust procedural generation system capable of assembling dungeon layouts from a pool of pre-designed rooms while adhering to logical constraints for difficulty and pacing, in which I advised and aided the implementation of a wavefunction collapse based generation system. On the back-end, the economic stability depended on a carefully modeled data structure that handled the loot tables, ticket pricing, and the "single-choice" reward logic, ensuring the system was both rewarding and resistant to inflation.

Dens: Biome-Aware Logic & Instancing

Technically, the Dens system relied on a biome-aware spawning controller that could dynamically select both the visual theme of the den entrance and the ecological makeup of the creatures within. The instancing was handled to ensure a seamless transition for the player, with internal systems managing the state of harvestable resources and the logic for triggering the rare "alpha" variant encounters based on a weighted probability system.

The temporal anomaly: Server-Wide Event Management

This large-scale project was architected around a central server-wide event manager. This system was designed to track global variables, such as creature population density in specific sub-regions, to trigger the "Anomalous Outbreaks." The 2v1 boss battle required a custom-built party and role-selection UI, along with networking logic to handle the unique state-sharing between the "Vanguard" and "Warden" roles within each duo.