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Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
Project Summary
Build, quest and discover in Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure! Design automated workshops where your odd and adorable Sparks can carry and craft everything, including each other. Lead your squad of Sparks into combat. Explore a strange fantasy world, in single player or online co-op. Unearth the ancient mystery of the Sparks!
Team
Year
2024 (Early Access)
Genre
Automation, Adventure, Simulation, Multiplayer
Project Type
Commercial
Platforms
PC, PS5, Xbox
My Contributions
Summary
- Design procedural world generation and POI placement, to drive engaging exploration in a cohesive game world.
- Balance player progression and quest flow, enhancing game pacing and retention.
- Design and iterate on features and contents, refining UX across PC and consoles.
- Set up world logic to distribute biomes and cells.
- Designed and distributed in-game assets to ensure consistent world generation across seeds.
- Designed and placed Spark Shrines as open-world levels, integrating them with the narrative.
- Collaborate with artists to ensure affordances for world generation assets
- Designed and distributed environmental challenges and enemy spawners.
- Distributed resources to optimize game flow.
- Implemented and balanced loot drops.
- Designed and implemented a tutorial system and quests to create an optimal entry threshold for both – new and experienced player.
- Designed the system for in-game village development and progression-based visual changes.
- Collaborated with Lead Designer and Creative Director on quest and progression design and balancing.
- Led development of the console demo adaptation for PS5 and Xbox, ensuring cross-platform consistency.
- Designed in-game shops connected to the recycling system to manage in-game production overflow.
- Improved Build Tool UX, including the design of Build Presets.
- Combat and Enemy Design for the Woodland and Mountain Biomes.
- Contributed to the design of achievements, customization, and decoration building unlocks.
- Assisted in balancing building costs, recipes, item burn rates, and shop values, etc.
- Organized playtesting and synthesized feedback into actionable points.
- Supported Lead Designer in updating and setting up localizations.
- Supported QA to ensure game quality throughout development.
- Proactively planned, organized, and documented features and content, streamlining task distribution to support agile development and ensure on-time delivery.