Game Producer / Narrative Game Designer
Student at University of Staffordshire
The generative AI: Suno (version 4) by Suno, Inc. was used to generate the music used within this game and trailer.
Hi I’m Tristan,
A Gameplay Design and Production Student at the University of Staffordshire with a Diagnosis of Autism and Pathological Demand Avoidance. My lived experiences and self understanding of my difficulties which allows me to help others.
I aim to use my passion and knowledge to create insightful yet enthralling games, with the purpose of educating and informing those with their own differences and difficulties.
Major Project: Rirgon
This game was my first major project I create. I aimed to create a game with 2.5D visuals, difficulty that scaled with the levels and with a narrative inspired by the original Legend of Zelda.
In this project I worked on:
- Planning and Research for environments and level design
- Designing of pixel art characters
- Implementation of 2D sprites in Unreal Engine
- Creation of an occlusion mask that helps the 2D player navigate the 3D world
- Blueprint Visual Scripting of
- Interaction system
- Magic absorbing melee
- Fireball and Lightning attacks
- Behaviour Trees for enemy AI
- Boss Battle including 3 attacks that change between two phases
Level and Mechanics Prototyping
This was a project where I took assets and worked them into a level to improve my level design and Unreal Engine skills
In this project I worked on:
- Design Documentation
- Timers
- Weapons
- Materials
- Particles
- Bubble and Pixel Mapping
- Gameplay Loops and Diagramming
Game Concept
The Waves and the Overwhelmed
I created this serious game concept to test and push my production and narrative skills
In this project I worked on:
- Game Concepting and Overview
- Designing the Core Pillars of the Game
- Creating the Gameplay Systems & Mechanics
- Planning a Narrative and Characters
- Creating a plan for Level Flow and Progression
- Planning a Diegetic User Interface
- Mapping a Control Scheme
- Preparing asset lists and planning the Audio
Sublime Theros 