{"id":2657,"date":"2025-08-23T09:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/?page_id=2657"},"modified":"2026-01-22T00:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:44:06","slug":"mantra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/index.php\/mantra\/","title":{"rendered":"Mantra"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2657\" data-postid=\"2657\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2657 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-css_id=\"601f7f3\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_601f7f3 tb_first tf_w\" data-tbfullwidthvideo=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XX8p2hBfn0A?si=k5HAir_oxEmzj4nI\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_41c9c27 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_1df147e  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">MANTRA<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"601f7f3\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_601f7f3 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_41c9c27 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6e504d0  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">PROJECT INTRODUCTION<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\"><span class=\\\"wixui-rich-text__text\\\"><span class=\\\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\\\">Rubyshark now flies under the sole identity of helping students and hobbyists get their foot in the door by working under industry standards with talented practitioners in lead roles who are dedicated to helping those in their team create amazing portfolio pieces. <\/span><\/span><span class=\\\"wixui-rich-text__text\\\"><span class=\\\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\\\">We\u2019re always interested in individuals who are comfortable stepping into a mentor role and expand our tight team of talented leads and managers.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\\\"wixui-rich-text__text\\\"><span class=\\\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\\\">The game will be released for free with open development tools being made public sometime after as this is voluntary portfolio project.<\/span><\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_b713039\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" 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<strong>Encounters<\/strong>, and <strong>Puzzles<\/strong> in Mantra.<\/li>\n<li>Redesigning &amp; <strong>Blocking Out<\/strong> puzzles, objective areas &amp; new combat spaces for the entire Mining Facility in Ascension in Mantra.<\/li>\n<li>Going through past levels made 4 years ago by Level Designers and redesigning them and doing a complete rework.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2D Top-down Prototyping<\/strong> and <strong>Planning<\/strong> for my blockouts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level Design Documentation<\/strong> on the levels I\u2019m building and blocking out for Mantra.<\/li>\n<li>Review &amp; update the game\u2019s navigational pathing for the A.I. to correctly use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_92b4af1 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6e504d0  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">PROJECT DETAILS<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <ul>\n<li>Total Team of 80 Devs!<\/li>\n<li>Role: Level Designer\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Unreal Engine 5<\/li>\n<li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.rubysharkgames.com\/\\\">https:\/\/www.rubysharkgames.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"7835bdb\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_7835bdb tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_3521eaa first\">\n                    <!-- module gallery -->\n<div  class=\"module gallery module-gallery tb_d3707d3 layout-grid  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-gallery-grid\" 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I had a lot of problems with the main question of \u201cWhat is this?\u201d when it came to my shape composition and creation for certain elements in an environment. With this feedback, I improvised insanely quickly and got right to work in creating amazing environmental stories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_b713039\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_aeeec0d first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3f3a219  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">Improving My Shape Composition:<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <ul>\n<li>I had a lot of problems with the main question of \u201cWhat is this?\u201d when it came to my shape composition and creation for certain elements in an environment. With this feedback, I improvised insanely quickly and got right to work in creating amazing environmental stories. I wrote down in-game text to show the details of an environmental disaster within the game. 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We\u2019re always interested in individuals who are comfortable stepping into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2657","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<h3>MANTRA<\/h3>\n<h3>PROJECT INTRODUCTION<\/h3> <p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">Rubyshark now flies under the sole identity of helping students and hobbyists get their foot in the door by working under industry standards with talented practitioners in lead roles who are dedicated to helping those in their team create amazing portfolio pieces. We\u2019re always interested in individuals who are comfortable stepping into a mentor role and expand our tight team of talented leads and managers.\u00a0The game will be released for free with open development tools being made public sometime after as this is voluntary portfolio project.<\/p>\n<h3>RESPONSIBILITES<\/h3> <ul> <li>In charge of doing <strong>High Quality Blockouts<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Prototypes<\/strong>.<\/li> <li>Designing new <strong>Events<\/strong> and <strong>Encounters<\/strong> for Mantra.<\/li> <li><strong>Visual Scripting<\/strong>, <strong>Blueprints<\/strong>, <strong>Encounters<\/strong>, and <strong>Puzzles<\/strong> in Mantra.<\/li> <li>Redesigning &amp; <strong>Blocking Out<\/strong> puzzles, objective areas &amp; new combat spaces for the entire Mining Facility in Ascension in Mantra.<\/li> <li>Going through past levels made 4 years ago by Level Designers and redesigning them and doing a complete rework.<\/li> <li><strong>2D Top-down Prototyping<\/strong> and <strong>Planning<\/strong> for my blockouts.<\/li> <li><strong>Level Design Documentation<\/strong> on the levels I\u2019m building and blocking out for Mantra.<\/li> <li>Review &amp; update the game\u2019s navigational pathing for the A.I. to correctly use.<\/li> <\/ul>\n<h3>PROJECT DETAILS<\/h3> <ul> <li>Total Team of 80 Devs!<\/li> <li>Role: Level Designer\u00a0<\/li> <li>Unreal Engine 5<\/li> <li><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.rubysharkgames.com\/\\\">https:\/\/www.rubysharkgames.com\/<\/a><\/li> <\/ul>\n[gallery ids=\\\"2119,2115,2114,2113,2112,2111,2110,2109,2108,2107,2214,2117\\\"]\n<h3>Mining Facility Hub 2D Prototype<\/h3> <ul> <li>Starting off with The Facility in Mantra, I had to do a 2D layout of what I wanted to do with the main center area for the Facility. I had to bring in references and unique areas that would fit the narrative and theme of the Facility for Mantra.\u00a0<\/li> <li>With the 2D Prototype I wanted to add more interesting locations in the main Mining Facility area for Ascension. There was a lot of open space and I wanted to come up with cool narrative ideas and solutions to the empty space that was currently in the Mining Facility.<\/li> <\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Acension_Top_Down_Redesign-768x418.png\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Acension_Top_Down_Redesign-768x418.png\" title=\"Acension_Top_Down_Redesign\" alt=\"Acension_Top_Down_Redesign\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Acension_Top_Down_Redesign-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Acension_Top_Down_Redesign-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Acension_Top_Down_Redesign-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Acension_Top_Down_Redesign-1536x836.png 1536w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Acension_Top_Down_Redesign-2048x1115.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> <\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ScreenShot00048-768x418.png\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ScreenShot00048-768x418.png\" title=\"ScreenShot00048\" alt=\"ScreenShot00048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ScreenShot00048-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ScreenShot00048-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ScreenShot00048-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ScreenShot00048-1536x836.png 1536w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ScreenShot00048-2048x1115.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> <\/a>\n<h3>Improving My Grayboxing Detail & Progress:<\/h3> <ul> <li>With feedback from the Level Design Team and Environment Artists, I was going into problems for shape composition and what the objects actually were when I was grayboxing them. I had a lot of problems with the main question of \u201cWhat is this?\u201d when it came to my shape composition and creation for certain elements in an environment. With this feedback, I improvised insanely quickly and got right to work in creating amazing environmental stories.<\/li> <\/ul>\n<h3>Improving My Shape Composition:<\/h3> <ul> <li>I had a lot of problems with the main question of \u201cWhat is this?\u201d when it came to my shape composition and creation for certain elements in an environment. With this feedback, I improvised insanely quickly and got right to work in creating amazing environmental stories. I wrote down in-game text to show the details of an environmental disaster within the game. I also looked up reference images and pictures of generators in real life and made a similar blockout for 3D artist to use as reference with my blockouts to make a cool and unique shaped generator for the Facility.<\/li> <\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ScreenShot00045-768x432.png\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ScreenShot00045-768x432.png\" title=\"ScreenShot00045\" alt=\"ScreenShot00045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ScreenShot00045-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ScreenShot00045-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ScreenShot00045-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ScreenShot00045-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ScreenShot00045.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> <\/a>\n<h3>Mantra Gameplay<\/h3>\n[embed]https:\/\/youtu.be\/gawP_v01S28?si=0go_ptXevkx1j0EH[\/embed]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2657"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2801,"href":"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2657\/revisions\/2801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjsharkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}