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Kami-dō (in progress)

Solo turn-based strategy

Tech Designer & Gameplay Programmer

Unity 6

Perforce

Notion

Description

Kami-dō is a strategy game where you play as a paper Samurai, slaying your foes to retrieve the soul of your lost sister.

This game is a post-graduation project made with friends, under the studio Steak Machine Studio.

Communication

Large production (18 people)
Everyone working remotely
No one with prior real professional experience

Main Challenges

Scoping

Production time of 3 months
Uneven resources depending on departments
Very short pre-production time

My work

During pre-production, I was in charge of designing the gameplay and all the mechanics, and prototyping them to make sure they're working well.
I was also responsible for setting up all the pipelines for the Programmers, as well as setting up the workspaces for the whole team (Perforce, Unity and shared spaces).

Here are the main systems I'm currently working on:

Designed a platformer-friendly camera

Implemented custom logic for movement, particularly during jumping and airborne states.

Movement cards and decks

Aim Assist & Ingredient snapping

Generating snapping points

Every objects with the "Interactible" component generates a list of potential snapping points stored in an array.

Subtitles & Scripted Events systems

Created a parameterized trigger box-based modular trigger system for cutscenes and scripted events.
Automatically synchronized subtitles with voice lines by hooking into the audio pipeline.
Allowed non-programmers (narrative and sound teams) to easily set up events through Blueprints.
Allowed subtitles to dynamically adapt to playback timing, increasing accessibility and pacing.

Localized Subtitles Blueprint

Save & Load architecture

Created a modular save/load system using Blueprint interfaces.
All objects have decoupled and scalable save and load implementation.
Utilizing a custom SaveGame Blueprint class for centralized data storage.
Allowed uniform saving of game state and player preferences (e.g., options menu).

Documentation here (some links might not work)

Localization & Menus

Scalable localization with synced Data Tables
10 languages on release (subtitles and UI)
Fluid menu navigation with independent widgets

Tools & Polish

Created tools for debug navigation, screenshot capture, and platform path previews.
Improved UX with ingredient hover feedback and persistent options saving.