HARDSPACE: SHIPBREAKER
Created at Blackbird Interactive
Play on Steam, Epic Games, PS5, or XBOX Series X/S
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a first person zero-g physics-based ship salvage simulation. You explore a diverse array of procedurally generated ships, carefully cutting them apart to retain the maximum amount of value in order to meet the quotas set by the massive LYNX Corporation.
Senior Game Designer
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Tuned and directed all player progression systems, including XP, player upgrades, tool upgrades/unlocks, ship unlocks, hazard unlocks, and difficulty scaling
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Ideated and tuned new player tools, including the Stinger: a precision form of the primary cutting tool used to vapourize highly hazardous elements of the ship
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Scripted and iterated on the full campaign, including outlining and leveraging the tools necessary to create a full-fledged campaign and contributed to the writing of some scenes
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Outlined, scripted, and refined the entire tutorial to fit seamlessly with the campaign, teach all major systems and provide skill checks to increase system mastery
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Worked with code to build tools to export CSVs containing a breakdown of every ship combination and all spawned object counts in order to determine ship value to tune the player economy
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Planned and maintained a timed competitive challenge – Weekly R.A.C.E. – that allowed players to compete to salvage the most value in the shortest period of time from a copy of the same ship
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Designed and worked with code, art, animation, and audio to implement a variety of supporting systems, including
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Custom controller layouts
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A system for players to personalize their equipment [Stickers]
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Ship naming system
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Achievements
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TOOLS
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Unity
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Adobe Creative Suite
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Google Suite
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Figma
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Miro
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Jira
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OBS Studio
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Perforce
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WriterDuet
AWARDS
Metacritic: 82% | Steam: 89%
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The New Yorker - The Best Video Games of 2022
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Edge - Top 10 Games of 2022
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NME - The 20 Best Game of 2022
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PC Gamer - Top 100 Games 2022
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Rock Paper Shotgun - Best Games of 2022
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NME - The 20 Best Game of 2022
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2022 Game Developers Choice - Best Tech - Honorable Mention
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2022 IGF Grand Prize - Honorable Mention
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2021 Digital Dragons - Best Indie Game
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2021 Canadian Game Awards - Best Game Design
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2021 Canadian Game Awards - Fan Favourite