Lion Dancer

Engine: Unity

Genre: 3D - Action- adventure

Team Scale: 6 Students

Development Time: Present

My Roles: Team Leader, Producer, Game Designer

An action-adventure game that presents the legend of the lion dancer against the demonic beasts
Act as a lion dancer with magic and defeat the mythical monsters in the dynamic scene
Won ￡7500 from UK Game Funding, and selected by the Tranzfuser
Won the best design of the Tencent Youth Game Designer Challenge Competition
Won the Outstanding Innovation in Chinese Culture Award of Coreblazer Rising Star
Advance in the China University Student Game Awards (CUSGA)

Responsibility

Researching the background of the Lion Dance and Chinese myths to build up an oriental magical world for narrative.
Designing and implementing detailed and complex behaviour tree of the monster that instills excitement and pressure in the player
Designing the user interface of this game with a related style Designing, creating and balancing levels and content in the engine such as player attributes, props and camera settings
Responsible for all of the feature, level and mechanic design
Responsible for listing down the requests for VFX, sound assets and animations with outsourcers
Implementing the animations of characters and balancing content in the engine such as player attributes
Using online documentation to showcase the designed feature, Plastic to manage versions, Trello to distribute requirements and control progress with programmers and artists
Hosting the public showcase event in both of Shanghai and the Insomnia Gaming Festival in Birmingham