Original Project Overview
The Scavenger has been chosen to travel beyond the Warren walls. The Scavenger must trek across through the castle ruins in order to bring much needed food back to the starving town of the Warren. What lays before him is a treacherous waste overtaken by abominations unseen.
Tread lightly oh small one...
Tread Lightly is a Side Scroller Horror-Platformer made in Unreal Engine 5. Tread Lightly was initially developed over the course of 10 weeks by a team of 4 and was an experimental foray into the power of Unreal Engine 5's Nanite and Lumen features in conjunction with the Quixel Photogrammetry Library.
Tread Lightly was Demonstrated at GDC 2023.
itch.io site: https://kjmagpuri.itch.io/tread-lightly
Redesign
Following GDC, Tread Lightly resumed development as a solo project.
This second round of development was undertaken in order to polish and refine the gameplay which previously lacked context and cohesion.
This was accomplished by following a design philosophy that ties Mechanics to Design, Design to the Narrative, and Narrative to Mechanics.
My Contributions: Initial Development
Project Lead
+ Handled Task Delegation
+ Coordinated Development Coinciding with Deadlines
+ Handled Task Delegation
+ Coordinated Development Coinciding with Deadlines
+ Recorded and implemented feedback from player testing.
+ Managed source control over Perforce.
Systems Design
+ Designed and implemented core features via Blueprint Scripting
+ Mouse Character Movement
+ Checkpoints, Obstacles, and Traps
+ Stealth and Detection
+ Inventory and Score Systems
+ Managed source control over Perforce.
Systems Design
+ Designed and implemented core features via Blueprint Scripting
+ Mouse Character Movement
+ Checkpoints, Obstacles, and Traps
+ Stealth and Detection
+ Inventory and Score Systems
Level Design and Environment Art
+ Facilitated mouse aesthetic with a focus was on scale and contrast
+ Emphasized player vulnerability and ramping tension
+ Facilitated mouse aesthetic with a focus was on scale and contrast
+ Emphasized player vulnerability and ramping tension
Camera System and Set Piece Showcase:
Redesign Breakdown
Screenshots from Redesign
Screenshots from Original
