Bullieverse

Working across a core team of five on Necrodemic and the broader Bullieverse platform, I served as Level Designer, Game Designer, and Environment Artist:

• Designed procedural map mechanics, arena layouts, and dynamic combat flow for Necrodemic.
• Took survival and island maps from initial paper concepts through greyboxing, playtesting, and final environment art passes in Unreal Engine.
• Designed and lit dedicated 3D environments for character selection screens and atmospheric loading screens across the ecosystem.
• Tuned enemy wave spawn topologies and dynamic in-game shop placement locations to drive continuous player movement.

Every map started with establishing strict spatial metrics: player sprint speed, camera field of view, weapon engagement distances, and enemy crowd density. I built modular greybox blockouts in Unreal Engine to test sightlines, verticality, and choke points under heavy wave pressure before placing final environment art. Alongside playable arenas, I treated the character selection and loading screen environments as extensions of worldbuilding, using framing, depth of field, and moody lighting to set the tone before a match even began.

• Designing procedural map mechanics and layouts.
• Level design from concept to grey boxing to final maps.
• Designing the environments for the character selection screen and loading screens.

The levels in Necrodemic were designed using procedural systems, ensuring a new map every time the player spawns. This adds significant replayability while creating non-linear gameplay experiences.

• Map layout changes with every player spawn.
• Player agency and player intentionality.
• Perpetual player movement spanning the entire map.
• Non-linearity, multiple solutions, and systemic gameplay.
• Unique map layouts, gating, and structure.
• Fast-paced and constant enemy combat.

A spooky abandoned temple occupied by zombies.

• The player starts vulnerable, equipped with only a pistol.
• The player survives zombie attacks by avoiding contact while eliminating as many zombies as possible.
• Enemy intensity and player power-ups increase together throughout the game.
• The pace and panic constantly escalate.
• The player is forced to traverse the entire map continuously.
• The only way to finish the game is by being eliminated, either early or late depending on the player's skill.

• All zombies can be eliminated using any weapon, although weapon damage varies.
• Zombies deal health damage only through close contact, with a few exceptions.
• Players earn in-game XP by eliminating zombies.
• XP can be spent on weapon upgrades and power-ups.
• The weapon and power-up shop rotates between three different locations across the map.
• A floating "Ball of Death" follows the player and steals XP if they remain in one location for too long, preventing players from exploiting safe zones where zombies cannot reach them.