Summer at Catmai:
Fishing Purrrfected!
I was a combo Level Designer and 3D Artist on this original IP for The Devhouse Agency.
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​Developed level pitches on weekly sprints with a four-person design and narrative team
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Incorporated story into a series of unique locations and environments
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Created stylized props with painted textures
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Set up camera pathing and composition using propietary tool for third-person experience
Role: Level Designer / 3D Artist
Team Size: 25
Genre: Adventure, wholesome narrative
Engine: Unity
Release Date: TBD
ENVIRONMENT ART
PROP ART
LEVEL DESIGN
As a Level Designer on Summer at Catmai, I was responsible for four to six levels of the world in collaboration with the design and narrative team. References for design and setting included indie titles like A Short Hike, Stardew Valley, and Moonglow Bay, as well as larger titles like Animal Crossing and Legend of Zelda.
It was paramount to incorporate the history of the world into the level design as the story involved generational family lineage and the cycle of grief. Each map experienced plenty of iterative design to improve characters, vistas, pathing, and story throughout preproduction.
Top-down of greybox for Bean River on final iteration.
Different locations throughout greybox of Bean River. Character interactions planned through small storyboards and comics. Unique assets noted and defined through concept art and descriptions.