Keep Me Posted
Blue Monarch Games
Co-Founder, Solo Engineer
Unity Engine | 06/22 - 08/22 | Team Size: 6
Overview
- Singlehandedly programmed player controller, enemy AI, and quest progression
- Handled UI implementation and functionality, including drag-and drop inventory management
- Managed my team's usage of Git on a local server
- Coordinated Kickstarter planning, reward coordination, and updates
- Contributed to early ideation and combat design decisions
A screenshot showing the day and task UI
Player Controller and Enemy AI
The player and enemy units both run using a custom Scriptable-Object based hierarchical state machine framework that I developed.
This allows for easy implementation of complex behaviour like follow-up attack sequences to improve game feel.
In addition, this setup enables designers to easily iterate on numbers during balance passes.
I also implemented A* pathfinding by hand, although I ended up pivoting to using Unity NavMeshes for performance reasons.
Other Game Systems
Keep Me Posted uses a custom chunk-loading system where only the zones near the player are active to improve performance.
I created a custom task and interaction system to handle checking off delivered mail and tracking narrative progress.
As the only programmer, I was in charge of all of the UI implementation. This included making sure menus were controller-navigable and creating a drag-and-drop inventory for picking up mail.
The Blue Monarch team at USC Games Expo