Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Ember Lab

Action-adventure game set in a fantastical Asian-inspired world. Play as Kena, a young spirit guide who is attempting to quell the troubled spirits of a cursed village. Made in Unreal Engine, this game is to be released by Sony for console in 2021.

Game Design

• Scripted progression, NPC interactions, and cinematic moments

• Communicated with animation and engineering departments to develop interactables and mechanics

• Integrated all music progression in Unreal to work alongside Wwise

• Assisted in building the structure within Wwise for our composer to slot in music, and profiled it

• Scripted save/load for progression and maintained correct practices

• Created and edited Unreal Blueprints

• Designed narrative beats and wrote temporary dialogue scripts

• Provided set dressing and feedback for outsourcing level art teams

• Was the point person for communication between UI and design

• Implemented cutscenes and camera cuts during scripted gameplay progression

• Assisted in balancing and placing collectibles

• Created documentation of best practices for implementation and scripting in the game

• Responsible for bug fixing and QA bug write ups as needed

Animation

• Created main character and enemy game animations

• Created animation loops for NPCs

• Integrated animations within the engine (UE4 Level Sequences) for cutscenes and gameplay

• Storyboarded all cutscenes from the script

Game Jams / Side Projects

• Created in Unity

• Design, Animation, Art

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