Sky Link
Roles:
Technical Game Designer, Progression, Kit/hero, and AI Design.
Duration:
2+ years
Skills:
Blueprints, Progression, GAS, AI, Level Design, Tools Creation, Prototyping, UX, & QA.
What is Sky Link
A multiplayer drone shooter blending what we love from Call of Duty with flight sims.
Challenges
Accounting for verticality when most shooters only solve for the horizontal plane.
Designing a AAA experience within the scope and capabilities of a AA team.
Progression Design
The progression system was directly inspired by Warzones 3 battle pass...
Attachment System
Tools Creation
Procedural spline systems quickly generates thousands of models at less of the performance cost of manually placed models. And bends them along the spline.
AI and Behavior Trees
Initial AI patrolled point to point only shooting after arrival and only while idle.
Now AI investigates sounds, investigates locations where damage came from, and last seen location if line of sight is lost. If a player is seen, while patrolling or idle, AI will move into range and start shooting. In between all of these decisions, it considers going for health pickups vs the health and number of present enemy players.
Prototyping - Modular Racing System
A modular checkpoint system allows us to create a racing circuit of any length on any level. Each checkpoint has attributes that can be tuned by the designer.
Prototyping - Ping System
Pings are context aware; color coded ping system works for multiplayer.
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Red marker when pinging enemies
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Blue marker when pinging allies
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White for generic locations
Weekly QA Playtesting & User Experience
Frequently occurring points of feedback were around clarity of UI and pinging locations between players.
Sky Link Trailer
Working on Sky Link has been as thrilling as it has been a growing experience.
My Achievements
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Progression design and brainstorm documentation
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Multiplayer, GAS, and tools creation
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Playtests, team work, AI, and QA
