Sherlock Holmes Chapter One (2021)

Game (Feature) Designer

An open-world adventure game Sherlock Holmes Chapter One (PC, PS5, XSX & the past-gen consoles) of the Frogwares studio.

Details

Role: Game (Feature) Designer.

Engine: Unreal Engine 4.

Team Size: >80.

Part of the team: January 2020 to July 2021.

Status: Released on November 16, 2021.

Metacritic: 78 (PC), 75 (PS5), 73 (XSX).

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of several gameplay features & systems;

• Writing and maintaining design documentation for the new features & systems;

• Reimagining and improving the existing game features;

• Creating and maintaining backward planning for features & systems;

• Leading teams consisting of programmers, QA, technical artists, level designers, and texture artists. Constantly keeping in touch during the tasks’ implementation and providing feedback;

• Creating feature usage guidelines for the Mission (Quest) Designer team;

• Creating meaningful demos to showcase the ongoing progress in features in Unreal Engine 4;

• Visual scripting and working with Unreal Engine 4 Blueprints;

• Tweaking feature parameters in Unreal Engine 4;

• Bug fixing.

“… Sherlock Holmes has a deep way of pursuing clues and evidence. Whether it’s checking a crime scene for notable details, talking to folks related to the case, or piecing together the details of what happened at a scene, Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is full of tools and activities to get to the bottom of an investigation. <…> Solid investigative mechanics throughout.

Shacknews, Score: 8.