Apprenticeship | X&Immersion

The first project I worked on as a member of X&Immersion was a survival RPG whose goal was to showcase the in-house technologies of the company : voice generation, lip-sync animation and text generation.

The aspect of this project that compelled me the most was the use of procedurale narrative and dialogue.

My tasks during this project were :

• • • Technical and Design Documentation : Along with the team, we established a GDD that I kept up to date during the pre-production and production phase with the different changes to the project.

• • • Design of game systems : A survival RPG is a very system-heavy game, I was tasked with the design of the main rules and interactions of core game systems such as :

• • • • Quest and Dialogue System : The immersive NPCs were at the core of the game experience as they are the force that pushes the player to explore and do quests. Using AI to create dynamic and unique NPCs was quite challenging as the technology was still in its early stages therefore a lot of R&D had to take place, especially in the game design department. Creating a system of NPCs that delivered quests but also had AI generated dialogue that evolved with the world was our main narrative and interactive intention with this project.

• • • • Combat System : The combat system was a reflection of the game's intentions : a ruthless yet simple hack-and-slash-like combat system. The first person camera made designing a satisfying melee combat quite challenging.

• • • • Crafting System : The crafting system allowed the player to merge resources in order to create new ones. This came with a whole database of items and recipes that helped balance the quantity of resources available in the game world.