About
Granny escape is an Isometric puzzle platformer where you play Granny trying to escape from her foster home. I worked on that game during my internship at Carcajou Games and worked on the Game Design, Level Design, and QA testing side of things.
6 Months
2 Game Designers
2 Programmers
2 Artists
Unity
Skills Involved
Game Design
QA testing
Level Design
Challenges
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Keep coming up with new ideas to renew the player's experience
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Finding ways for these ideas to fit with the various skills of my team members and the budget
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Communicating with the team entirely online
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Keeping track of all the deadlines and advancements
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Working for the first time in a company
Documents
Game design document for a mechanic - Puddle
Level Design Documents
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RLD
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Defined what challenges will be in each level
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Defined what theme we wanted for each of them
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Mapped out the player progression, where the player will unlock the new mechanics or face new enemies
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Quick draft to get an overview of the level that I wanted to make
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Integration in the engine with the tools created by the programming team and visuals from the art team
What I learned
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How to think further and adapt ideas to the game's needs and the available resources in the team
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Manage QA testing sessions
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How to polish the player's progression
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Reporting my progression to my team lead and the rest of the team
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How and when to ask for help
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Adapting to a new work environment