Education & Design

Teaching since 2013, with specialties in game design, level design, and narrative design.

A Guide to Game Design
A Guide to Level Design
A Guide to Narrative Design

Game Design

• Ideas & Inspiration
• Design Problems & Common Mistakes
• Game Loops & Game Flow
• Game Feel
• Cognitive Psychology
• Camera & Controls
• Gameification & Serious Games
• Narrative & Storytelling
• UI/UX
• AI
• Game Theory

Level Design

• World Building
• Composition
• Cinematogrophy
• Multiplayer Design
• Open World Design
• 2D & 3D Design

Unreal

Project Unobtanium

Created in Unreal Engine 4
Open World Example
Design centred around utilizing a suit enabling teleportation and high-speed running.




Blueprints:
Running system measuring slopes
Particlesystem trail
Particlesystem running
Collectables
Teleportation system
Integrated HUD





Starry Island

Created in Unreal Engine 4
Atmospheric Example
Designed to experiment with esthetics




Landscape
Swaying Grass Foliage
Custom Skybox
Custom Lightning
Cascade Particle Systems






Stardew Valley Template

Created in Unreal Engine 4
Created and workshopped together with students
Designed to experiment with different functions and scripts

Custom Day/Night Cycle
Mode Switching
Crop Growth
Harvest/Mining/Woodchop
AI
Gridbased System






Tower Defence Template

Created in Unreal Engine4
Used in workshops with students covering the following lessons:

01 - Camera & Setup
02 - Enemies
03a - Standard Projectile
03b - Radial Projectile
04 - Towers
05 - Money
06 - Buildings 1
07 - Buildings 2
08 - Core
09 - Waves
10 - Enemy Behaviour

Other Work

• https://gameeduc.org/
• Have hosted multiple guest lectures for youths on how to get started in game development. 1-3 hour lectures, feel free to reach out at info [at] wildviking.games

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