Guerrilla Games | Amsterdam | Game Designer

Initially i worked on Horizon: Zero Dawn as a part of a small prototyping team dedicated to establishing the core concept and design. As the team grew i took ownership of a number of player character features with special focus on the traversal and combat.

• Initially part of the small scale prototype team that was responsible for creating the greenlight demo.
• Designed and owned a wide range of features through entire development cycle including:
  • Traversal systems, including base movement, climbing, rappel & swimming
  • Third Person Camera system, including balancing & game feel
  • Bow, Melee & Mounted combat gameplay
  • Finishing move system
  • Contextual self-talk, and animation system
  • Tallneck climbing system
• Technical implementation of various traversal content
• Created & upkept player traversal bible
• Developed climbing language & assets across the game
• Created benchmark test level climbing areas to prove best use cases
• Pitched the initial proposal for the Photo-Mode

Robot Riding Bow Combat

Bow Combat

Contextual Animation Reaction System

Contextual Combat Kills

Rappelling From A Comm Giraffe

Robot Riding