In this project i developed my capabilities as a Mechanic Designer and Quests Designer. I prototyped various ingame skills but my main focus was Windfolk´s Flight UX, Level Design and Worldbuilding.

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Flight Design and UX

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I worked hand in hand with the programming department to

achieve a smooth camera interaction specially during violent

character movements. We did our best to maintain Windfolk´s

character inside the screen viewport at all times. 

We put lots of effort in camera delays, movement´s curves,

in/out zooms and camera effects to achieve the best camera feel.

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I tried to communicate a sense of speed during the flight by

leaving the camera behind when sudden accelerations occur.

This, combined with different variations in camera´s Field Of View,

Blur, Camera Shake and some dust and ribbon VFX (which changed

depending on player´s input and velocity) helped achieve our desired feel.

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I tried to safeguard the premise of having a human character that flies using just a jetpack. 

Our camera had to help reinforce the feeling of it´s fragile nature by offering a plausible acceleration/decceleration motion and preserving it´s movement´s inertia to transmit a sense of weight and floatiness.

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Level Design and Worldbuilding

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I designed and elaborated documentation with artistic references, gameplay instructions, hand drawn multi/perspective schemes for a great number of islands, including those which play a main and secondary role in the game and also some of those which just have a filler purpose.

 

I gave my best to comunicate as clearly as possible, to both design and art department,  all the experiences, situations, subtext narratives, and emotions corresponding to each and island i crafted.

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I also build the blockout of those islands, following an organic and iterative process due to the nature of our unconventional environment.

(Players can aproach the islands from absolutely every angle)

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I focused on guiding players by building paths and landsmarks, considering positive and negative space and setting various island´s congestion areas in contrast with more desolated ones.

I also located lights and designed recognizable silhouettes to draw players´  attention and help them stablish references in order to  facilitate their navigation.

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I finally took part in our game´s worldbuilding by working hand in hand with the art department in order to construct the islands, placing rocks, props and vegetation and learning as much as i could (i still do) about every artistic technique i needed to materialise our desired game feel in each location.