Lead Game Designer || UX Designer

Resonance:
Alto and the Kingdom of Music

Designing a fresh, stylized rhythm game

as the Lead Game Designer

From the fall of 2019, I worked on Resonance as the lead game designer and UX designer, working with a fantastic team of programmers and artists to create Resonance; a 2D sidescroller combining with elements we love from our favourite music games.

Resonance's game play revolves around Alto being able to create Note Platforms, similar to notes on a score sheet, and jumping on them, which helps him to bounce higher to reach and destroy discord with his magic baton.

Resonance tells the tale of Alto, a small music guardian seeking to jump into music scores to get rid of enemies known as "The Discord" while saving his music siblings who have been trapped inside them.

What is it about?

Gameplay

A look at the gameplay of Resonance

Production Trailer

A look at Resonance during development back in late 2019

Presentation

In March 2020, the team had an opportunity to show Resonance to a live audience- which resulted in a magical presentation full of laughter and joy.

Trailers

What I worked on

Game Design + UX

I worked as the overall lead game designer, overseeing all aspects of the game design. Including:

Writing, gameplay design and level design
Creating the game's initial prototype in Unity before exporting all progress into a custom engine
Working together with programmers to iterate gameplay mechanics, as well debug and test the game's custom engine and editor.
Working together with artists to design and iterate art assets to align with the game's overall theme and aesthetics.
Designed and polished the game in terms of UX, including overlooking the use of VFX and SFX to further enhance the overall user experience

Production + Playtesting

In addition to being the lead game designer of the team, I also oversaw a lot of aspects of the production, doing tasks, including:

Being the lead SCRUM master of the team, and enforcing SCRUM for smoother project management
Keeping track of everyone's progress,which also includes using tools such as Trello to help keep track of the development's overall progress
Being in charge of playtesting, observing playtester reactions to the game, and helping to create surveys to ensure the game received appropriate feedback for further improvement