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Amped 3

Platform:  XBox 360

Tools: Proprietary - Visual Level Scripting Tool; Universal - Maya, Visio

Duration: 12 months

Team Size: 70

Role: Designer / Associate Producer - Levels

Metacritic: 72

Gamerankings: 74

This was the first game I would ever work on as a designer, and much of it ended up being me learning what it meant to be a designer. I came into this project wide-eyed, and by the end had begun to learn how to cater to different gamer types in my feature designs, how to implement gameplay at a low level and work with a team to create an experience.

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The game was much more than just snowboarding.
The game was much more than just snowboarding.

Much of the work I did consisted of paper design for the park builder as well as the sledding mode in the game. Both of these features were shipped in the final version of the game. The game was open-mountain, and consisted of boarding, a park builder, sledding, snowmobiles and even hang gliding. 

“Some of the most satisfying gameplay in Amped 3 isn’t when you’re on a snowboard at all, but rather, when you go sledding. You can choose to hop on a sled at virtually any point, though there are specific challenges that task you with bailing off your sled in the most horribly painful way possible. Thanks to some pretty good rag-doll physics, this mode makes it really enjoyable to just abuse the hell out of your character.”
— gamespot.com
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Line iteration was key.
Line iteration was key.

Additionally, I worked with level artists on the sculpts of 2 mountains; Northstar and Valle Nevado.

The majority of the low-level work I did was placing terrain and man-made objects on the mountains to give players lines with which to trick within. This consisted of ramps, boxes, rails, halfpipes, trees, snow drifts, rocks and other objects.

In addition I authored camera angles that would be used if the player hit specific jumps. Finally, I assisted the systems designer in the layout and tuning of various challenges in the game. 

If I could do it over, I would love to. Amped 3 was a labor of love for the team, but also a very polarizing game due to its new gameplay style and irreverent narrative tone. Ultimately, I felt that we shipped a great product, but would love to be able to revisit the genre knowing what I know now.

The original trailer for Amped 3.

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