Taking Over

COMPANY INTRODUCTION

The Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDigi) at WPI is the center for entrepreneurship, academic cooperation and economic development across the Massachusetts games ecosystem.

Established in 2011 and based in Worcester, MassDigi is the result of creative collaboration among academia, industry and government, aimed at supporting the success of the Commonwealth’s games community.

As an intern I worked on Save The Flame & Brainwashing Campaign.

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PROJECT DETAILS

  • College Internship: January 2021 – July 2022
  • Team of 7 People
  • Lead Game Designer
  • Unity 2D
  • Lead Designer of the Skill Tree, Government Structures, Government Economy, and Country Resources.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assigned on a team with a programmer and multiple Artists
• Designing and testing mid-game mechanics for the flow for the players.
• Using analytics and data that we get back from testers for the game and making the game more accessible to consumers who play the product.
• In charge of balancing and improving the player’s skill tree to make them feel more balanced when fighting against governments.
• Designed and balanced skill traits in the Skill Tree for players to have a stronger campaign, stronger and more efficient ways to battle governments across the world.

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • This was my very first college internship at Becker College
  • I was 1 of 4 freshman to ever get into the internship program with my early game design experience.
  • We got to go to Pax East and present our game and we got a lot of great feedback and public playtesting!