Games and UX
Lately I have been working in Snapchat’s Lens Studio software creating lenses. So far I have created two games and many cosplay lenses. I have been interested in AR for a long time because of my fondness for nature. I love nature but I want to find magic and games and new experiences that don’t …
Going to a school with game majors, I’m privy to many creator’s jams. The first jam I participated in was hosted by Willard and Maple with the theme “Shadow.” It was 48 hours and I decided to create a game. I got together with a few friends and with guidance from our professor (who ended …
World of Warcraft The elements that make Wow’s content is widely varied and would take many blog posts to cover but narrowing it down to player narrative a few things jump out at me. Quests The skeleton of the story in World of Warcraft is the quests. They hold up all the plot and the …
After many, many hours of work, the first big content update on Skyblock was released. Patch 0.5 added a complete revamp to the fishing skill in Skyblock. It adds 3 new collections, updates previous fishing collections, over 50+ new items, 14 new creatures, and lots of new mechanics. This content was under the creative direction …
After months of emotions and sleepless nights, the Hypixel team has released their Skyblock. I worked hours and hours beta testing, bug documenting, and working on QOL suggestions. In the end, it paid off. This game has consistently grown in playercount over the weeks it has been released. It is currently at 18,000 CCU …
With criticism of loot boxes and pay to win feature, battle passes and season passes have taken the spotlight in game monetization. Gaming companies such as Epic Games (Fortnite), Psyonix (RocketLeague), and originally Valve Corporation (Dota2) While giving no direct in-game advantage, this subscription-based purchase unlocks quests encouraging playing games. The rewards for these quests …
Recently I helped with testing the arcade update. I hope everyone enjoys this update. Arcade Update Thread #1 Arcade Update Thread #2
If you play TowerWars on the Hypixel Minecraft Server you might have seen my name on the leaderboard. If you don’t play this game I’ll summarize it for you. This tower defense/offense game could be compared to the popular Bloons TD where you send minions to take lives while defending your own. The key to …
Creativity is a large part of my identity and luckily it is in high demand in the player council. Check out the hit gamemode’s latest dream variation here! It’s always fun to see something you worked on be in the lives of so many others.
Last Saturday was a long day for the karaoke team. Personally, I woke up at 8:00am to help out and for a person who likes to sleep past noon it was rough. It was totally worth it though when ended up with over 40 people at each karaoke event and around 1000 visits to the …