Super Combat High is a co-op beat 'em up that puts you in the shoes of a high school student facing the deadly challenges set up by his teacher.
GENRE: Beat 'Em Up
PLATFORM: PC
ENGINE: Unreal Engine 4
TEAM: 7
DURATION: 6 months
TASKS: Project Lead / Gameplay / Level Design
HIGH SCHOOL ACTION
Play alone or with a friend in levels themed after school subjects. Beat rival classmates. Punch your way to a passing grade.
CHEMISTRY 101
Explore the chemistry teacher Ms. Garlick's dungeon. Avoid the deadly concoctions she brew against teenage vermin.
GRADES MATTER
Grab lecture notes from your fallen colleagues to boost your final grade.
An accomplishment of note in this project was creating the game's level without a level artist. The challenge of realizing the humor of the unique game concept without unique assets was a constraint I used to the advantage of the game's design in the end: The concept of a witch teacher and her dungeons as the game's level was devised around the fantasy environment assets released for free by Epic Games.
My responsibilities in this project covered all aspects of game and level design as well as project management. Some of my tasks were:
• Creating and updating the game design document,
• Designing the melee combat system with movesets and frame data for three character classes (only one of which was developed for the prototype),
• Specifying the AI behavior to govern four different enemy types,
• Creating the Chemistry 101 level in Unreal Engine 4, including cinematic and scripted events, using self-made and free assets to convey the humorous narrative of the game,
• Monitoring the project, prioritizing and distributing tasks on JIRA.
