Ilya Firsov – Sobaka Studio Kiborg Game Designer Portfolio

In the development of Kiborg, I had a variety of responsibilities, including:

• Held design ownership of the co-op game mode
• Held responsibility for the overall feel of the game, including HUD, controls, camera behavior, and sounds
• Was accountable for map implementation
• Designed features and systems, such as mutators

Held design ownership of co-op game mode:

• Designed a resurrection mechanic and updated the reward system to take into account 2 players
• Updated balance of enemies, bosses, waves, and ticket system
• Mockuped UI and split-screen HUD

One of the systems I designed was mutators. Mutators are modifiers that the player activates during missions. A few nuances about mutators:

• They have both positive and negative effects. They aim to enhance the player's build and sacrifice options that the player does not focus on
• They have tags. If the player has at least one mutator, the weight of the other with this tag will be higher. This increases the chance of synergy
• They are divided into large and small categories. Large ones are rarer and more valuable

I was responsible for the complete setup of maps, including:

• Navmesh
• Arena boundaries and object collisions
• Camera collisions and object transparency
• Placement of spawn points for the player, enemies, hazards, and mission modifiers
• Gameplay sublevel setup
• Physical materials setup

I was responsible for the overall feel of the game, including:

• Camera
• Controls
• Sound
• UI and HUD

Worked with Lyra framework in order to setup camera modes with smooth and intuitive behavior

In the video above, you can see the camera placement in different modes and transitions between them. For example, the camera slightly moves back during rapid firing to provide a better view for shooting. The target-lock camera, on the other hand, moves closer and has a smaller FOV to focus the player's attention on their target

Below, you can see the prototypes I made for the HUD. On the panel to the left, you can switch between mockups and read descriptions