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Dennisse Pagan Davila

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2D Space Shooter

A complete MVP Prototype

  • Roles: 
  • Game Developer C# Scripting UI Design Post-processing Modular Code Sprite Animation
  • Tools: 
  • Unity 2D Filebase Unity Standard Render Pipeline
  • Developed from prototype to MVP
  • Modular balanced power-up system
  • Homing Projectile scripted with trigonometric logic
  • Balanced spawn manager
  • A boss with a dynamic HP Bar and multiple phases
  • Boss Fight Bullet Hell attack scripted with trig logic
  • Programmed Enemy AI with variating enemy types
  • Visual feedback like camera shake and damage effects
  • Dynamic HUD displaying
  • Polished with post-processing.

Adventurerer's Office Den - Level Design

  • Roles: 
  • Level Designer Sprite AnimationLight Mapping and optimizingPost-Processing
  • Tools: 
  • Unity 3D High Defition Render PipelinePhotoshopFilebase
  • Optimized lighting using light probes
  • Volumetric Fog and Lighting
  • Cookies to generate texture-accurate light projections
  • Screen Space Reflections for accurate reflections on glossy surfaces
  • Reflection Probes distribute reflections across applicable surfaces
  • Occlusion Culling for render optimization
  • Customized light mapping using Clip Studio Art or Photoshop
  • Customized textures using Clip Studio Art or Photoshop
  • Ambient Occlusion to simulate soft realistic shadows
  • Multiple post-processing profiles and reflection probes
  • Emission sprite animation
  • Dust Partcile System

Hope for Winter (Steam Game)

by Janika Suhonen
Release Date: TBD

  • Roles: 
  • Narrative Designer Lore Research Character Background Stories Worldbuilding
  • Tools: 
  • Affinity Publisher Scrivener
  • Researched Icelandic and Norse folklore, among other inspirational sources and mood-setters
  • Worked closely with the game designer/developer to avoid ludo-narrative dessonance and ensure that the narrative vision was met
  • Wrote character background stories making sure to implement key details derrived from the initial story prompt
  • Wrote lore based on/inspired by the conducted research

Cosmos - In-engine Cutscenes

  • Roles: 
  • Game Developer Cutscene Designer C# Scripting
  • Tools: 
  • Unity 3D High Definition Rendering Pipeline Cinemachine and Timeline Filebase
  • Fade-in and fade-out transitions between scenes.
  • Post-processing for enhanced quality visuals.
  • All camera shots and types were made with Cinemachine
  • Each scene can be replayed at the press of a key
  • Alternate between two camera modes: 3rd person and 1st person
  • Flight controls(pitch,yaw,roll) scripted in C# and enhanced with an immersive camera via Cinemachine.
  • Dynamic main menu with interactive sounds
  • Idle cutscene that triggers when player is inactive in Main Menu- scripted in C# and structured with Cinemachine and Timeline tools
  • Usage of dedicated Timeline and Cinemachine extensions to implement code in-scene
  • Trigger events scripted in C# and animated in Timeline.
  • Animations made in Timeline
  • Sound effects with spatial awareness, and background music
  • Hyper Space Travel, and Portal Particle Effect Systems