Radiant Dawn v2 | Victor Deleard

Genre

JRPG

Dev time

4 months

Team size

17 devs

A JRPG where you play as Sunny,
a young girl exploring celestial ruins with the help of her pet companions
in order to reason with the mischevious but skittish local god, the... "Purrphet".

Download the build here

My role

System Designer (Combat, RPG systems)
Scripter (Combat, RPG, GUI)
Lead Designer

Task #1 as System Designer

With the help of fellow designers & professionals from the industry, and with the previous iteration of the project and new references as base, I was tasked to :

Redesign core features to allow for more systemic interactions & mechanics
- The puzzle mechanics (rope, team coop)
- Linear micro-LD, floor-based macro-LD
- The RPG progression systems

Main references

Tactical team battles

Dungeon-crawling
Puzzle-design

HUB & Overall progression systems

Task #2 as System Designer

Design the new combat system
- Team-turns and character selection
- Tile-based movement
- Character-specific passive abilities
- Status effects
- Knockback and Bounce mechanic

Task #3 as System Designer

Adress the UX for more accessibility towards a young audience
- One interact button for all actions possible in dungeon-crawling
- Contextual camera movements
- Contextual "barks" hinting certain actions
- Tile-based movement in combat
- Possibility to rewind movement

Task #4 as Scripter

Using visual scripting, I did :

Movements & Controls
Turn-based combat system with :
- Tile movement system
- 4 controllable party members
- 3 enemies (pre-programmed AI)
- 7 abilities in total
- Special movement ability (Digging)
- Knockback & Bounce mechanic
- Combat GUI

Task #5 as Lead Designer

Charged of supervising daily reunions, and acting as the design referent
Rescoped the project continuously alongside the producer to meet milestones despite numerous departs due to beginning internships