Fastival
Role: Systems Designer,
Technical Designer
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Engine: Unreal Engine 5
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Team Size: 50
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Development Time: 3 months
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Platforms: PC, Steamdeck
Game Trailer
Race through an enchanting carnival and be on the lookout for wacky obstacles and cool shortcuts as you compete against up to three other friends in this cute and cartoony arcade racing game!
Responsibilities
System Designer:
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Created Gran Prix score progression and associated UI logic.
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Helped create core racing logic.
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Lap Counters​
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Position Counter
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Player Tag Indicator
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​Assisted in building system for handling save data and progression between levels.
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Created cutscene tool and documentation for how to use it.
Postmortem
​What Went Well
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Implementation of systems into each track was smooth.
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​Most bug fixes usually involved placement of splines in the world and were easily fixed.
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Systems were built efficiently and allowed us to easily expand and add onto them without breaking prior ones.
​What Went Wrong
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Confirming that tasks were completed to expectations was difficult to acquire if addressed at all.
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​Lack of effective commenting, organization and code reviews left blueprints messy for actors such as the player.​
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More time than necessary was spent on the player tag UI displays for multiplayer.
What I Learned
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Importance of effective cross-discipline communication and proper documentation.​​
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​Being able to talk with your leads regularly outside of scrum meetings builds confidence and understanding in the work being done.​
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Timeboxing tasks and asking for assistance sooner rather than spending extra time helps keep the design process moving and productive.​
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