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Space Zoologist
Spring 2021 - Fall 2021

Space Zoologist is an in development, top down, strategy simulation type video game that strives to teach engineering students the engineering design process. In the game, the player takes on the role of a space zoologist that is tasked with restoring the populations of various alien species whose home planet was destroyed. With only partial data on the animals' native environments made available in the encyclopedia, the player will have to research the needs and behaviors of the animals and learn to effectively use their journal in order to develop a solution for each mission. 

Lead Writer

• Wrote in-game tutorial text, level text, collectibles text, research entries, and lore text

• Created worldbuilding, characters, and settings

• Developed plot, tone, and theme

• Codified and communicated naming conventions & writing scripting style for front and back end

• Onboarded replacement writer

  • Managed task progress using Google Sheets

  • Performed reviews on scripts and story outlines

  • Facilitated communication between teams

Assistant Game Designer

• Designed all "report backs" -- quizzes aimed at meeting educational goals and fostering learning

• Designed needs system species and flora sayings to indicate to player system statuses

• Lead and compiled data from playtesting for two builds

• Worked with team to develop playtesting reports

• Iterated design to include a sandbox level and reconfigure key game systems