Worked as a game designer and programmer on ‘Tales of Kenzara: Zau’, a grief-inspired metroidvania based on Bantu mythology.

Achievements

• Researched and prototyped potential gameplay mechanics, progression systems, and economies.

• Designed and implemented tutorial levels.

• Designed quests that adhered to the world’s lore and encouraged the player’s exploration of the environment.

• Assisted in transitioning the project from a prototype in Unity to Unreal.

• Gathered and documented feature requirements for enemy designs and mechanics.

• Implemented AI mechanics and behaviour trees in Unreal.

• Built custom blueprints in C++ to meet the project's needs.

• Used Jira to track and resolve gameplay bugs.