Vision Quest is a top down action/adventure game that follows Kaya, a young Native American girl, as she journeys through the spirit realm. Throughout her journey she encounters both evil and helpful spirits while gaining the power of her animal spirit guides. Her journey ends when she corners and defeats the evil shaman Ahote, freeing her long lost brother from captivity.

Our team for Vision Quest consisted of four Level Designers and one Arist. I was assigned to the team in charge of Software Development in addition to my Level Design role. My responsibilities on Vision Quest included:

• Converting the base code provided from a side-scrolling platformer to a top-down shooter/adventure game.
• Implementing two different passive/environmental abiltiies.
• Creating and implementing a functional dialog system.
• Modifying existing AI to work in a top-down environment, including the ability to path intelligently.
• Creating three different enemy attacks, two player attacks, and three player passive abilities
• Building a custom dialog system to display messages in real time
• Creating the first level of the game, a tutorial that progressively teaches the player the controls and core mechanics of the game.

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