Lunacy Games
Role
Cofounder and Gameplay Director
Multi-class Team Member
Responsibilities
Gameplay Director
Established the gameplay vision for a third-person, multiplayer, open world survival horror game set in a post-apocalyptic Old West on the American frontier
Co-creator of internal and external pitch decks for the survival horror game
Researched and integrated plugins, asset packages, and blueprints used within our UE5 playable demo
Created a Miro establishing gameplay and scripted moments for the UE5 playable demo, and proposing UX flows and UI wireframes
Participated in the creation of every aspect of the UE5 playable demo, from the initial concept and storyboarding, to level layout, blueprints, datatables, anims, blendspaces, behavior trees, lighting, weather, music, SFX, VFX, and event cues
Created or processed and then integrated all sound effects and music
Created, tested, evaluated, and released daily and weekly builds for the team and stakeholders
Drove the project and led the team to hit key milestones for D.I.C.E. and GDC pitches by our CEO
Studio Leadership
Created project budgets, milestone-based staffing plans, and revenue projections for our survival game pitch for PC and console teams from concept, to preproduction, launch, and beyond
Recruited and currently co-manage a cross-discipline team of external contractors while building the playable demo
Recruited, interviewed, and evaluated Director, Principal, Lead, and Senior candidates for key team roles
Created designs and decks for several candidate projects
Producer and Product Owner
Create and prioritize epics, user stories, and bugs
Manage our agile production processes for internal team members, contractors, and stakeholders
And…Putting on my IT/Ops hat
Established and currently manage most external services, including Perforce, Jira, Confluence, Miro, and Google Enterprise
Game
Unannounced Open World Survival Horror Game
Description
Our first project is a cooperative, open world survival-craft game set in an apocalyptic American frontier of the 1800s.
Release Year
Playable Demo
Shown at D.I.C.E. and GDC (2024)
Actively Seeking Funding for Greenlight/Vertical Slice
Genre
Cooperative Third-Person Survival-Crafting Game
Platforms
Created using Unreal Engine 5
Intended for PC and Console
