At Oysterworld, I worked on Pooka: Magic and Mischief, a free-to-play fantasy adventure game aimed at a younger audience. Over the more than two years that I worked on this project, I covered all aspects of the design. I'd take concepts from brainstorms into game documents and implement them into Unity 3D, and then go on to balance them to create the best user experience. My main focus was the development of quest systems and their narrative. I designed a set of rules for several quest types to provide an efficient way of creating 50+ narrative quests. This system allowed designers to implement each quest and adjust them accordingly to fit the pacing and feel of the game.

Another key responsibility was to create and manage all text assets for the game which were organised into an in-house tool used for localisation. I also designed a range of minigames including the rewards system and how they integrated into the main flow of the game.

In this role I have worked with many programs and tools to communicate my design ideas to the team. I’ve created one-pagers, flow charts, spreadsheets and written in a range of styles. I worked closely with programmers to design tools for development which I primarily used.

In addition to Pooka, I contributed to the game design and playable proof of concept for an official Doctor Who game. I entered at the early stages of the project and helped with the initial concept and prototype designs.

As well as my design responsibilities, I also managed our in-house QA team for a short time creating test plans and providing feedback to juniors. I then worked alongside their lead to keep everything up-to-date with changes. I assisted with testing the game and reported bugs in the relevant format for programmers and artists.