Role: Game Designer

Major Contributions:

NERO Checkpoints:

NERO Checkpoints are abandoned road checkpoints with medical testing facilities that were set up by NERO during the onset of the outbreak in order to stem the spread of the Freaker Virus. Players want to unlock the NERO Checkpoints, as they contain an injector the player can use to upgrade the characters stats (Health, Stamina, and Concentration)

Lead the development of the NERO Checkpoint systems that control all aspects of the NERO Checkpoints
- Systems that interact with other open world systems, including:
  - Enemy spawning
  - Freaker Hordes
  - Alerting nearby enemies
- Systems associated with the NERO Checkpoint power, such as:
  - Gas generator
  - Simple puzzles
  - Loudspeakers
  - Spotlights
Lead and collaborated with world artists to create and populate various styles of layouts for the NERO Checkpoints, including:
- Environmental puzzles
- Combat
- Freaker Horde traversal
Designed and populated combat encounters at various NERO Checkpoints for different enemy types, including:
- Marauders (Mid to long range)
- Rippers (Melee focused)
- Freaker Horde (Overwhelming fast Freaker enemies)

Nero Checkpoint Puzzles

Nero Checkpoint Combat Encounters

Dynamic Open World Events (Ambient Events):

Ambient Events are events that are populated in the open world using a systematic spawning system. They are designed to encourage the player to get off their bike and explore the world on foot.

Lead on the Ambush event types, which were created to force the player off their bike or force them to engage with open world content
Iterated on and populated the Ambush event types, Including:
- Tripwire
- Sniper
- Car Bomb
- Snare trap
Created, implemented, and populated a new Ambush event type, the Trunk Ambush:
- Collaborated with an animator and fellow designer to implement the player and Freaker interactions
- When the player opens a trunk, there is a chance for a small Freaker to spawn in the trunk
- If it does spawn, it then jumps out of the trunk and onto the the player, and attacking them
- The player must then mash a button to kill the Freaker

Snare Ambush

Tripwire Ambush

Infested DLC Combat Challenge:

DLC Challenges were developed after the release of Days Gone. Each DLC has a focus on a specific system or gameplay type from Days Gone. When reaching a score milestone in the challenge, the player unlocks a ring or patch they could take into the main game to buff various aspects of the game.

Lead designer of the Infested DLC challenge, from concept to final implementation
- Players burn nests, which spawns Freakers and Freaker Hordes
- A blue colored pillar quickly expands from the center of the nest, then slowly begins to shrink
- While the player is inside of the pillar area, any enemy kills earns the player points
- As the area slowly shrinks, the player must maximize their weapon use and environmental damage to boost their score
Collaborated with a fellow designer to learn the Horde system, populate and optimize Horde spawn locations
Populated weapons, explosive objects, healing and crafting items in strategic locations around the environment to add player choice and challenge

Infested Challenge

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