Aeternoblade
Overviews
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Platform: 3DS (Nintendo E-Shop), PS Vita, PS 4 (PlayStation Store), Nintendo Switch
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Genre: Side-Scrolling Action
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Graphic: 3D
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Players: 1 (Single Player)
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Publisher: Corecell Technology Co., Ltd. / ARCSYSTEM WORK (Japan)
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Developer: Corecell Technology Co., Ltd.
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Years of Development: 2012-2013
Aeternoblade is a 2.5 D, side-scroll action game released on 3DS in 2014. The gameplay was mixed between a hack-and-slash action (80%) and a puzzle (20%). The distinctive point of the game is the time manipulation abilities used in combats and to solve the puzzles. After being successful, the game was ported to multiple platforms such as PS Vita, PS 4, and Nintendo Switch.
Responsibilities
I’ve worked as a main game designer and producer in the project.
My design tasks included:
Gameplay
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Mechanics in the games such as combat and combo system, skill tree and time-manipulation abilities.
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Controls, UI, game flowchart.
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Items and equipment.
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The playable character and enemy status, parameters and skills.
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Enemy behavior designs and some enemy scripts.
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Puzzle, trap, moving and interactable object design and scripts.
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Event design and scripts.
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Level design.
Story and In-game Narrative
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Write a plot, story, and dialog in the game (Worked with the director).
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Localization process.
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Character concept design and sketches.
Documentation
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Game design document.
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Level design created in 3DS max.
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Localization document.
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Asset list: art asset, animation, sound asset and text lists.
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Document for communication with the publisher.
QA
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Tested, fine-tuned and balanced the gameplay and levels.
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Adjust the playable character, enemy and moving object parameters.
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Collected and analyzed comments from the demographics as information for game improvement.
Overall
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Took responsible for almost all game design, level design, and narrative as only one main designer in the project.
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Scripted some enemies' behaviors, objects, puzzles, and events.
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Some artwork such as some character concept sketches and UI.
Gameplay Videos
Stage 1
The video shows the walkthrough of the first stage.
Puzzle Examples
The video shows some puzzles in the fifth stage and the use of the time-manipulation abilities to solve them.
Links
Official Website
Official Facebook Page
