Beneath the Badlands

Principal AI Designer and Programmer

Beneath the Badlands is a Steampunk Western Roguelike. It's focused on fast paced action, tight decision making, and spatial awareness.
Beneath the Badlands was an interdisciplinary team of over 40 members (over 70 including outsource) and was an incredible simulation of Triple A development. Over the course of development I gained experience with SCRUM and Agile, managing scope creep, and Interdisciplinary collaboration.

Detailed Breakdowns of my work can be seen Here

My Postmortem can be found Here

Personal Contributions

Enemy Design leadership

Lead several sprints with multidisciplinary teams
Authored and curated an Enemy design document
Personally implemented 5 Enemies
Gave technical and design feedback on other implementations

Encounter Design and Navigation

Relocated and fortified set dressing to aid in enemy movement and sight lines
Edited and gave feedback on enemy encounters
Collaborated with level design to create unique arenas
Addressed and repaired Navigation issues as they arose

Core pillars of Design

One of three designers to outline our Core Pillars of Gameplay
Authored and championed the Enemy pillar
Provided the team with an easy reference for design work and implementation

QA, Bug Fixing, and Playtesting

Took detailed notes of personal run-throughs
Addressed technical issues across all design systems
Facilitated beta day and out of team playtesting
Collated and tracked bugs, ensuring each was dealt with

Gameplay Trailer by Eric Norfleet

Teaser Trailer

Playtesting Footage and Runthroughs