SHANK
Platforms | XBox 360 / PS3 / PC
Status | Shipped Aug 2010
Developer | Klei Entertainment
Position | Junior Game Designer
Description |
Shank is a side-scrolling beat ’em up with a comic book art style and a Tarantino film feel. In the game the player controls Shank, an ex-mob hitman seeking revenge against his old mob boss for murdering his girlfriend. Shank aims to accomplish this with an arsenal of weapons that includes knives, heavy melee weapons, and firearms that combine into slick combos with beautifully brutal attacks.
I started at Klei a little later in the production cycle of Shank and spent a lot of time implementing, tuning, and testing features in the game as the majority of the design ground work had already been completed.
JUNIOR GAME DESIGNER:
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► Scripted the initial locomotion, transitions, attack regions, and basic behaviours for various bosses and Shank.
► Scripted the transitions, behaviours, and effects for numerous game objects including breakable windows, exploding propane tanks, and various other pickups.
► Added visual effects such as blood, smoke, and explosions to enemies and the environment.
► Added sound effects to characters and game objects.
► Performed in-studio Quality Assurance on each of the three SKUs that Shank shipped on (Xbox 360, PS3, and PC) discovering, logging, reproducing and regression testing bugs.
► Captured gameplay footage to be used in trailers.
► Edited, maintained, and organized the game’s wiki page throughout development.
» Boss fight design
» Character state machine setup
» Object behaviour scripting
» Encounter design
» Event scripting
» Visual effects implementation
» Audio effects implementation
» Gameplay footage capturing
» Quality assurance
