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Disney Infinity

Platform:  PS3, XBox 360, Wii, PC

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

Duration: 16 months

Team Size: Play Set - 10; IN 1.0 Team - 150+

Role: Senior Designer - Incredibles Play Set (Lead on Play Set); Combat Mechanics and AI (Acting Lead)

Metacritic: 75

The original Disney Infinity was a (relatively) long and exciting project. After the success of and passion that went into Toy Story 3 the Video Game, the team set out to develop a sequel utilizing the structure of the Toybox mode in that game. Ultimately, this sequel morphed and grew into a much larger concept that would be Disney Infinity - a concept where kids could play with all of their favorite Disney / Pixar characters in the same game, much like kids play with toys in the real world. 

My role on this game was two-fold; Lead Designer (acting) on the Incredibles Play Set and Lead Combat Mechanics Designer (acting). My title was Senior Designer.

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The Incredicopter was one of many gadgets the Incredibles employed to stop Syndrome's Omnidroids.
The Incredicopter was one of many gadgets the Incredibles employed to stop Syndrome's Omnidroids.

The vision of the play set was to put the player in the role of a Super Hero to protect an open city. To achieve this, we knew we needed Super Villains to fight and capture, cool vehicles and gadgets, a Super Hero Base, a population to protect, powerful enemies to face off against, interesting platforming throughout the city and systems that would interact with one another to create a compelling and emergent open world. 

 

“How to actually describe these playsets? The thing that first came to mind while playing The Incredibles was “Crackdown: Junior Edition.””
— wired.com
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Each Incredible exhibited a different style of combat.
Each Incredible exhibited a different style of combat.

Mr. Incredible deploys powerful punches that were heavy. Dash was able to lock up groups of enemies with really quick strikes. Helen could reach enemies from afar as well as pull herself into the fray. Violet sent energy orbs at enemies, keeping them away from her. Finally, Syndrome harnessed Zero-Point energy to capture and discard his foes.

In the end, we were successful in giving the player multiple ways in which to live the life of a super hero within an open-world city. Whether improving the city, customizing the player's base of operations, learning new combat moves or facing off against Omnidroids using super moves, there were a plethora of options for the player. Gadgets, vehicles, combat and platforming all came together to give the player multiple ways to protect his city as an Incredible.

 

 

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