Neon Harbor Jetski Force is an arcade-style runner game made for Bradley University's FUSE event in 2024. Players take on the role of a new cadet in the Jetski Force of the city Neon Harbor, using a jetski to catch the infamous Robin Urbanks. The game featured the use of a Yamaha jetski controller to make players feel like they're really driving a jetski! Neon Harbor Jetski Force was made by the NHJF FUSE team, with my role being Lead Designer on the project.
Being the lead designer on this project, my job was to make sure the game & level designers were keeping up with their work, while helping when it was needed. I also facilitated communication from my team with the other teams on the project so everyone stayed on the same page. It was a really fun and interesting experience as this was my first time being a lead on a very large group.
This project taught me a lot on how to deal with the responsibility of managing and leading a group of people. Moreover, having to be the final say on decisions was big responsibility that I wasn't sure I would be able to do, but ended up performing well.
Though I will say I could have done more for my team, whether it was helping out in engine or making communication smoother cross discipline. There were times during the development process that I felt like I didn't have anything to do as my designers/level designers were given their tasks and working in engine, leaving me with little to do.