Cats & Critters: A Dungeon Claw-er

Fall 2023 - Spring 2024

Overview

Adventure and cast spells with up to three friends in this co-op, cat-themed dungeon crawler!


Role: Gameplay Programmer

Engine: Unity Engine

Team Size: 9 (5 programmers, 3 designers, 1 audio)

Steam Link

Contributions

- Collaborated with designers to craft an XP reward system that engaged players through exploration, combat, and discovery.

- Led a strike team to complete the final polish pass for encounters and set design through weekly meetings to identify and triage remaining polish tasks.

- Participated in the game development cycle through weekly sprints, standups, and discipline specific meetings.

- Designed Player UI using the Unity UI system to provide visual feedback on health and abilities.

- Collaborated with our player programmer to implement and playtest co-op systems such as player color, score, and multiple inputs.

- Acted as a floating programmer and assisted other teammates with bugs relating to enemies, player controller, balance, and art implementation.