In Pitaya, interconnected systems turn hunger, combat, and player choice into a cohesive loop where every decision matters. Health, combos, companions, and quests were iterated to reinforce player expression, emergent gameplay, and the tension of the cursed fantasy.

• Skills/Tools: Unreal 5, Perforce, Google Sheets, Blueprints

• Awards: 3rd Place @ UCI's ICS EXPO 2025, Best World Design @ IEEE Game Sig

My Contributions:

• Designed and balanced skill trees, companions, and quest systems that loop back into each other.

• Allowed for deep player decision making with 24 unique skills that allow for a variety of choices.

• Acted as team lead by communicating clearly with all disciplines to navigate problems.

• Prototyped and iterated on mechanics to ensure the player experience matched the game's goals.

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FELLCHASER is a hack-and-slash roguelike where potion items and enemy systems create emergent combat loops. Each encounter and combo is carefully designed to reward experimentation, skill, and strategic decision-making, reflecting how player needs shape the systems themselves.

• Skills/Tools: Unreal 5, Perforce, Sheets, Blueprints, C++.

• Awards: 3rd Place @ UCI's ICS EXPO 2024

My Contributions:

• Designed 47 ingredients, 38 effects, 8 upgrades, and 6 bottles  

• Prototyped, and Implemented 6 Enemies' behaviors through Unreal's Visual Programming 

• Balanced ingredients and enemies and documented results into spreadsheets.

• Published on Steam!

Enkore explores how hero kits, thematic clarity, and iterative playtesting inform robust gameplay systems. Each case study demonstrates a deliberate design process where tools, player feedback, and creative goals converge to shape engaging and understandable experiences.

• Skills/Tools: Unreal 5, Perforce, Overwatch Workshop, Jira, Blueprints.

My Contributions:

• Prototyped 3 complex characters using Overwatch's Workshop, allowing for quick iteration and to prevent blocks from other disciplines.

• Gathered feedback from over 25 playtests outside of the team to rapidly iterate on designs.

• Developed a fast-paced game mode that fits within the games setting and theme.

Astral Onslaught is an online 2D party fighting game where the Zodiacs come to life to duke it out.

• Skills/Tools: Unity, GitHub, Sheets, C#.

My Contributions:

• Designed and Documented 36 unique abilities across nine characters.

• Created patch notes and spreadsheet for internal use to better illustrate iterations on characters.