My Role

Game & Systems Designer

Designed and implemented a multitude of gameplay and metagame systems, using Relic proprietary game engine Essence Engine 5 via data editors and State Tree visual scripting. Also used Figma, Mural, Confluence, Draw.io, Photoshop and DevOps tools for many of the designed systems. Since I joined Relic Entertainment in March 2022, I worked on the design of the following systems (fully designing most of them):

• Gameplay Design:
  • Artillery System
  • Battlegroups
  • Campaign Companies
  • Campaign Supply System
  • Demo Charges System
  • HQ Reconstruction System
• Systems Design:
  • Challenges
  • Community Maps Support
  • Event Cues
  • In game HUD
  • Map Preference
  • Match History
  • Matchmaking System
  • Player Colors
  • Player Moderation (Leaver Penalty, AFK Detection, Automatic Vote to Kick)
  • Player Profile
  • Profile Customization
  • Random Faction Selection
  • Replays and Caster HUD
  • Surrender
  • Tactical Map
  • Web Leaderboards
  • …more unannounced features

I also worked on:

• Designing and implementing multiple combatants and abilities for both PvE and PvP modes.
• Writing comprehensive technical and functional documentation.
• Training fellow designers on gameplay and metagame systems I worked on.
• Onboarding multiple developers from a variety on different disciplines on the Company of Heroes product, giving them not only a detailed picture of the current iteration of the franchise, but also an overview of the almost twenty years franchise history.

Product Owner of different Pods (UX-UI, Metagame, Data, Live Operations)

Thanks to almost twenty years of experience on the Company of Heroes franchise and my consolidated experience as Project Manager, I am playing an invaluable role supporting the development team on the “path to redemption” of Company of Heroes 3. In my role as Product Owner I help setting multidisciplinary teams up for success:

• Product owner of UX, Metagame, Data, and Live Operations pods responsible for cross discipline communication, leadership, and work scheduling, applying a Servant Leadership style.
• One of the main point of contacts for everything related to Company of Heroes.
• Assist on a daily basis Senior Leadership with product decisions and vision to improve the game.
• Public speaking during official Livestreams to present new patches and features.