Contributions

• Created prototypes of pick-up items

• Implemented video and resolution options in settings menu and tested build with different screen setups

• Contributed to player stats architecture to allow retention of player cosmetics between races

• Created character selection and customization menu, which includes player drop-in/drop-out and cosmetics selection

Post-Mortem

Snowpainters was my first project working in a large team, so I had to learn how to communicate within and across teams through the proper channels. I was able to collaborate often with members of other programming teams to determine how to implement systems and fix bugs, especially with player customization and stats. I also had to get feedback from producers and team leads to confirm that my work was meeting my tasks’ conditions of satisfaction. As a side effect of the team size, I found it more difficult to communicate with teams of other disciplines unless their work directly affected mine, which was only sometimes the case with UI.