Undead Postal Service

Lead Designer, Producer

Undead Postal Service is a metroidvania set in a perilous world recovering from a zombie outbreak. The threat of the undead persists, but civilization is rebuilding. Communication relies on mail carriers, though it is a dangerous occupation...

Team Size: 9
Duration: 6 Months
Engine: Unity

Responsibilities:

Lead Designer

Designed the level using Unity tile maps

Designed the combat mechanics
Communicated with artists to ensure the art and animations would work as intended

Communicated with programmers to ensure combat and other systems were implemented as intended
Designed the in game UI and menus

Producer

Project management
Lead daily scrums for progress updates
Use of burndown charts to manage tasks
Lead/organized weekly meetings
Had producer only meetings with Professor Jeremy Bond to update on our teams progress
Organizing feedback and dividing up tasks
Relaying information/feedback from Professor Bond to the team
Clear communication and verifying that everyone understands their tasks

Being a producer on a team of 9 people has been a great learning experience for me. I communicate constantly with the team to see where they are at with their tasks. It was extremely important to keep our project organized, as we had a very limited window of development time. I'm very proud of what the team was able to accomplish in our semester of development, and I couldn't thank them enough. The team really came together and we created something that we're all very proud of.

Level Design

When approaching the level design, we decided to take inspiration from Hollow Knight. It is expansive, but avoids unnecessary backtracking with convenient shortcuts.

We designed sections of the level around mechanics, and themed certain areas around specific mechanics. Some areas are focused around the dog companion, and others focused on new unlockables such as the explosive ammo.

Each area of the level contains one main delivery. There are also optional letters that can be delivered if the player chooses. These are spread out in a way so the player will always have something to grab their attention.

UI Design

Designed the menu screens
Designed in-game UI
Created a consistent style for the UI
Used Photoshop for iteration

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