Elite Dangerous: Odyssey

Role/s

Designed, prototyped and developed the new mission set for Odyssey's launch
Supporting Updates 1 to 11 for the live game via "mission feature extensions"
Designed, created and iterated upon interior room tiles for use in final settlement level layouts

Designing the flow for all missions featured in Odyssey at launch
Continued work to add new missions and supporting features in post-release updates
Implementation of mission flow and rules using in-house tools
Scripting gameplay for all missions featured at settlements, working closely with level design team and POI designer
In the early days, had continual feedback from a principal designer to ensure initial mission designs worked as intended
Later, worked with an experienced game designer who would handle higher-level design decisions
Worked with said designer to polish and balance missions, and integrate them into the existing background simulation of Elite Dangerous
Collaborating with programmers and senior technical designer to see new rules and features implemented into the game
Work with narrative team to implement new mission rationales, details and objectives

Planning of various room layouts and paths
Whiteboxing using very early test meshes provided by art team
Consideration for cover and sightlines, using the blurry-eye test to identify weak points
Collaboration with the art team and a technical artist to produce new assets and tools for use with level design
Constant iteration based on feedback from reviews held by senior team