Lionheart Games:
Lionheart Games (later rebranded to Starmi), was an indie mobile game studio in Atlanta Georgia, ran by ex-Hi-Rez Studios employees.
My Responsibilities:
I worked at Lionheart Games as a “Gameplay Programmer” from January 2020 to July of 2022. During my almost 3 years there, the team ranged from 7-25 people. As one of the original members of a small studio, I naturally had to wear many hats. So while gameplay programming, abilities, player control, NPC behavior/AI, and combat in general were the areas I focused on, I also was helped out in areas like game design, UI, tech art, build maintenance, hiring, etc.
The majority of my time at the studio was spent developing Dragonspire (Unreal Engine 4, C++), a mobile first, top down RPG with anime inspired graphics. Unfortunately, the studio shut down before the game could receive its full mobile release, but the game did receive an early access steam release during the studio’s final weeks. See gameplay trailer below.
Relevant Technologies:
C++, Visual Studio, Unreal Engine 4, G.A.S. (Gameplay Ability System UE plugin), HLSL/GLSL, Python, Android Studio, Perforce, Jira, Notion, Jenkins Build Manager