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MAX EMSALLEM

Hi! I'm Max, Systems & Technical Game Designer with 3 years experience. I'm comfortable with Unity, Unreal Engine and C# programming, and use it to iterate through fast prototypes to test my systems.

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Current project

Noara – The Conspiracy | Atypique Studio

Systems Designer | Technical Designer

 MY PROJECTS

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Noara

Noara - The Conspiracy

Atypique Studio

ROLE: SYSTEMS DESIGNER  |  TECHNICAL DESIGNER

Game pitch: Noara: The Conspiracy revisits turn-based strategy games and offers a new experience in an original heroic-fantasy universe, using real-time mechanics.

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​My tasks:

  • Lead of a small 3 designers team

  • Design and ownership of an MMR system (based off ELO and TrueSkill)

  • AI Design (Player vs Computer mode)

  • Data collection system

  • Rapid prototyping on Unity using C#

  • Content design (new units, new items, new game modes)

  • Writing and updating the GDD

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FromTheShadows

From the Shadows

Graduation project

ROLE: LEAD DESIGNER  |  TECHNICAL DESIGNER  |  LEVEL DESIGNER

From the Shadows won 3rd place at the Game Development World Championship 2020 in the Hobby category.

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Game pitch: From the Shadows is a cooperative puzzle-platformer in which players must escape from a mysterious castle by solving puzzles and overcoming traps around the mechanics of Shadow and Light.

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My tasks:

  • Lead of a 5 designers team

  • Link between the Design, Art and Engineering team

  • Writing and updating the GDD

  • Rapid prototyping on Unity using C#

  • Development of tools allowing for in-game dialogue implementation

  • Design of some levels and building them into chapters, paying attention to the difficulty curve

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Undership

Undership

Global Game Jam - 48h

ROLE: GAME DESIGNER  |  C# PROGRAMMER

Game pitch: Undership is a party game made in 48 hours during the Global Game Jam 2020. In this game, inspired by classics such as Overcooked,  players must work together to repair the boat, or risk ending up at the bottom of the ocean.

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My tasks:

  • Game Designer:

    • Brainstorming​

    • Random event

    • Balancing

  • C# programmer:

    • Prototype​

    • Gameplay elements

    • Assets and animation integration

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Hybris

Hybris - Disordered Cosmos

Aurora Game Studio

ROLE: ASSISTANT GAME DESIGNER

Game pitch: Hybris - Disordered Cosmos is a modular worker placement game. It has a lore that mixes Greek mythology with steampunk.​

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My tasks:

  • Creation of a paper prototype

  • Designed basis of a Solo & Co-op extension

  • Designed basis of a new gameplay extension

  • Helped setting up playtests

  • Helped balancing the game 

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Hybris

High - altitude miniguide

ROLE: ASSISTANT GAME DESIGNER

Game pitch: Hybris - Disordered Cosmos is a modular worker placement game. It has a lore that mixes Greek mythology with steampunk.​

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My tasks:

  • Creation of a paper prototype

  • Designed basis of a Solo & Co-op extension

  • Designed basis of a new gameplay extension

  • Helped setting up playtests

  • Helped balancing the game 

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Hybris

Outer Wilds - Game Analysis

ROLE: ASSISTANT GAME DESIGNER

Game pitch: Hybris - Disordered Cosmos is a modular worker placement game. It has a lore that mixes Greek mythology with steampunk.​

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My tasks:

  • Creation of a paper prototype

  • Designed basis of a Solo & Co-op extension

  • Designed basis of a new gameplay extension

  • Helped setting up playtests

  • Helped balancing the game 

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