MACHT (Title Tentative)
DATE :TARGETING FALL 2022
PLATFORMS: OCULUS, STEAM VR
ROLES: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/LEAD DESIGNER
ABOUT THIS PROJECT:
MACHT is an eSports title being developed by Gamma Interactive LLC. It’s in a pre-development state officially but many of the systems and design documents/artifacts have been created already. MACHT draws inspiration from some of the most popular eSports titles and intends to bring some fresh new ideas to market that haven’t been explored before.
As it is close to the hearts of the people working on it, I can’t divulge a lot of the secret sauce that helps it stand out from other titles in the genre, but I’ve provided some art and footage that attests to the passion that my team has put into the product. (NOTE: audio has been removed from the footage to save your virgin ears;)
As Executive Producer and Lead Designer, my responsibilities have been (but are not limited to) the following:
- Designing and documenting tentpoles of gameplay, UIs, levels, storyline, and brand of the product
- Acting as the nurturing connective tissue between a crew of developers, artists, and musicians in bringing the design docs to life
- Collaborating with business development partners to define MVP features, MTX, live-ops strategies, and rolling those into our P&L charts
- Developing product roadmaps, backlogs, pitch decks, storyboards & moodboards (and pivoting due to COVID!)
- Planning and monitoring playtests, compiling bugs, documenting feedback
- Ideating on test feedback to create new stories for the backlogs
- Conducting modified scrum processes to keep things running smoothly (weekly check-ins for partners, semiweekly check-ins for devs & artists, sprint boards for both design and development)
- Establishing relationships with external parties to put in place a strategic advisory board that can be leveraged to assist in eventually bringing the product to market successfully
CONCEPT ART :
(Illustrations provided by Rick Campana—concepts and direction by myself)
PROTOTYPE FOOTAGE:
