KRISTALA

Kristala is a third-person Dark Fantasy ARPG that seamlessly fuses fast, ferocious combat with smart storytelling and rich, robust RPG mechanics.

CONTEXT AND CREDITS

Role: Assistant Game Director & Level Designer

From: May 2022 to January 2023

Developer: Astral Clocktower Studios

Genre: Soulslike Dark Fantasy Action RPG

Engine: Unreal Engine 5

Release: 2025 for PC + Console

my role in a bit more details

Although there is not much I can say because the game is not yet released, I can speak of my contribution in more general terms.

assistant game director

game vision evangelist

process & roadmap development

operations improvement

game vision documentation maintenance

team liaison

Task planning &tracking

+ Participate in the maintenance and development of the game’s overall vision
+ Ensure that all elements work together cohesively to fit the intended vision
+ Translate game design elements into elements that can be used by the level design team, as well as translate and deploy gameplay elements into operable elements
+ Stay on top of overall progress in order to make sure that the art, narrative, design, and tech departments support each other
+ Look for opportunities to improve and evolve processes, methods and practices
+ Develop workflows and pipelines as well as implement means to facilitate interaction between colleagues (in a full remote context)

level designer

architectural design

house blockout

environmental storytelling

level related documentation maintenance

world composition & level streaming (unreal engine)

testing and debugging

+ Understand game design documents to know the environments, objectives, atmospheres, story and style of each locations
+ Use visual scripting tools to integrate gameplay elements
+ Participate in the creation of locations that provide the best player experience possible
+ Create and maintain design documentation related to levels as well as “how-to” documents for all game relevant content elements
+ Validate environment playability (test and improve)
+ Participate in the game’s quality by tracking and fixing issues