Junior / associate producer interest in Game design
Team size = 8 people
Genre:
Single Player RTS (Real Time Strategy)
My Role:
Product Owner & Sound Designer
My Role as product owner
Under 7 weeks, I was the Product Owner of a team of 8 people, where we created a real-time strategy game involving ants. The game idea started on the whiteboard and then later converted to a Miro Board.
Whiteboard
Miro Board
This bullet point list will show all the tasks I took as the Product Owner:
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Primary Responsibility: Led and guided the team to realize the game vision and meet milestones.
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Communication: Collaborated with the Scrum Master, organized stand-up meetings, and reviewed tasks on the Jira board.
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Clarity and Alignment: Developed a Game Design Document (GDD) to foster clear vision comprehension and facilitate design discussions.
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Project Milestones: Created presentation pitches and builds for Alpha, Beta, and Jury Day.
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Marketing:
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Game Cover
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Trailer
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Documentation
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Installation for Itch.io
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Challenge: Sustaining group dynamics, notably after losing an artist.
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Solution: Assumed the role of a prop artist to assist the team during the beta build.
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Perseverance: Maintained team motivation and alignment, working together to craft an exceptional game
Game Design Document
Pitch presentation for Jury Day
My role as Sound design
Concept of how I work in the DWA and the engine for sound and music
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Goal: Compose game music for "Antics" with authentic sounds matching the theme.
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Inspiration: Drew inspiration from city park sounds, including cars, people, sports, and instruments.
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Main Soundtrack: Created the main soundtrack by incorporating city park elements.
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Sound Effects: Designed sound effects that align with gameplay and art, such as punches, interactions, damage, orders, and more
Process:
Recording sounds / music by using a DAW (Digital Audio Workspace)
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Mixing and effects such as
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Pitch changing
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EQ adjustment (Bas, mids and amplification)
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Fade in / Fade Out
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Reverb
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Mastering for optimal quality
Implementations:
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Structure project in Unreal Engine 5, easier to navigate through the project
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Assign sound/music to appropriate sound classes to enable access from different blueprints.
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Drag and drop sound effects/music, adjusting radius and falloff of the sound.
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Due to other tasks I had, coders and I designed a system for the project. This system functions by adding sounds and assigning them a volume priority.
Other task i did
3D Camera Switch and Menus:
A system to create an interactive 3D menu with various camera views.
Pause Menu:
A fully functional pause system that allows the player to save settings, pausing the game, and returning to the main menu.