Helped to establish core gameplay loop based on given setting and genre

Created and maintained gameplay documentation

Designed nearly all gameplay systems/mechanics e.g:

• Weapons system

• Special enemies

• Consumables (Grenades, Mines, Molotovs, Potions, Food, Drinks)

• Needs system (Thirst, Hunger, Stamina)

• Side activities (Treasure maps & photos, Metal detector, Fuse boxes, )

• Fishing mechanic

• Day/Night Cycle & Weather system 

• ...and much more

Provided additional design to already established mechanics

• Melee combat

• Enemies & Animals AI

• Side activities (Zombie nests, Climbing spots)

• Quest system

  • Main quests & Errands

Designed additional PvP gamemode

Redesigned some of the mechanics based on players feedback

Player progression

• Player leveling path

• Weapon upgrades progression

• 3 Skill trees

  • Active & Passive skills (~25 skills in total)

Difficulty progression tied to the player level

Tied addition of new unlockable map to already existing gameplay

Created and maintained balance spreadsheets

• Created spreadsheets to quickly recalculate balance based on gameplay fundamentals

Balanced all of the game systems:

• Player statistics (Health, Movement speed, Inventory capacity etc.)

• All ~25 weapons (Damage, Fire rate, Magazine size, Type)

• Enemies (Health, Damage, Count, etc.)

• Animals

• Player survival needs (Hunger, Thirst, Stamina)

• Fishing

• Consumables

  • Potions

  • Throwables (Grenades, Landmines, Molotovs)

  • Food & Drinks

• Level related systems

  • Experience gain

  • Experience to level up

  • Enemy scaling

  • Weapon scaling

Balanced Economy of the game:

• Buy & Sell prices of items, weapon upgrades, cosmetics

• Item availability (Drop rate from enemies, availability in the houses, etc.)

• Crafting recipes

• Gold gain from killing enemies

Changed balance of many systems based on players feedback

Analyzed and identified the impact of individual mechanics on the balance of all other systems

I have created about ~40 quests

• Dialogs

• Location selection

• Quest progress and requirements

Close participation in the NPC creation process

• Model selection

• Voice selection

• Working on backstory

Written dialogues for about ~40 quests

Named items and locations

Preparation of mock-ups for further UI elements based on the initial UI design created by the team:

• Notifications

• Dialogs

• Item description

• Side activities tab

• Achievements tab

• Shop

  • Weapon vendor

  • Clothing vendor

• Tutorial panels

• Character customization screen

Adaptation of UI mockups for new features

• Watch UI

• Settings dividers

Designed controls 

Selection of the overall mood of the music

Selection of sound effects:

• Interactive items

• Notification sounds (Quest progress, Level up, etc.)

• Air drop event indication

Responsibility for feedback and approval of:

• Music

• Ambient sounds

• Weapon sound effects

• UI sounds

• Player sounds (Running, Inventory, etc.)

• Animals sounds

• Enemy sounds

Voice selection and working with voice actors of NPCs

Impact on general map flow and progression

Enemy spawners distribution

Resources and loot spawners distribution

~60 Side activities distribution

Storage room layout mockup

Feedback on the size of the map

Created Steam store page

• Designed & created graphics

• Written all descriptions

Completed Age Rating forms