Welcome to Lambert Ludology.

Games Portfolio

In chronological order starting with the most recent.

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Weapon Martial Art ARPG

Studio: Indie (Freelance)

Passion project for a different style of melee combat, currently a work in progress, being made in UE5. This game is a concurrently executing turn based, tactics/strategy based melee combat game, focusing on combat mechanics, and eventually will be expanded to other weapons (spears, axes, maces, etc.), dual wielding, and also in-fighting/half-swording equivalences. Current status is that it is a work in progress, as I am in the process of making the custom animations that is necessary to drive this type of system. The original combat design documentation was made for my Final Year Project (FYP) at the University of Limerick, and does not reflect the current evolution of this game, but serves to show the thinking/the earlier steps in this project.

Original documentation I created for my final year project (FYP) at the University of Limerick.

Link to original Combat Design Document

Marine Biology

Studio: Alter-Learning

Link to the Game

Head designer, technical designer, and initially level designer on this relaxing and educational exploration game. I spent a lot of time coordinating with our scientists, and documenting additional mechanics, areas, interactions, and environmental changes following the game’s release.

Hybrid Classroom

Studio: Alter-Learning

Link to the Game

Hybrid Classroom is a "teacher's playground" in terms of being able to teach in a virtual space. Educators have the expected features, but also features uniquely available in a virtual setting. I created the design pillars, technical requirements, and prevented scope creep.

3D AL Hub

Studio: Alter-Learning

Link to the Game

This game, or rather series of minigames, is designed to be an interactive lobby to enjoy while waiting for the party to assemble, or while taking a break. I was the original designer on this project, working with art, education, and backend teams to make sure it all worked together in a way that made sense.

Steamhaven Cogworks

Studio: Alter-Learning

Link to the Game

For this title, I was a resource for gamifying electrical engineering principles and logic gates into a mode that kids would have fun with and open them to STEM concepts (specifically engineering).

Celestial Journey

Studio: Alter-Learning

Link to the Game

I served as a game design and technical design resource for the head designer. I worked with educators to come up with realistic scientific activities that could be gamified as well be educational to the (learning) gamers.

Various other Alter-Learning Games

Studio: Alter-Learning

Link to Games

Responsible for multiple concurrent games and teams working with Unity (C#). My focus as a co-lead was to help/work on anywhere from 2-6 games at once, set a standard for game design documents and standard game architecture. Additionaly I developed the UI and control schema that worked with 2D & 3D games across different devices and operating systems.

Unannounced VR Project

Studio: VRAI

A VR title, made in Unreal Engine 4, that focused on education and entertainment.

iDAS & HEAT

Studio: VRAI

Link to the iDAS Link to the HEAT

iDAS was a particularly complicated project, combining older flight simulator software, with VR/external hardware, tracking/processing real time game data, and following specific client requirements. HEAT was the system that was responsible for processing the data harvested from the game. My responsiblities with HEAT was making sure all the data we were gathering was accurate, processed correctly, and then uploaded to the HEAT system for it to do its internal magic.

Playmaster

Studio: Logitech

Playmaster Initial Announcement

I was instrumental in developing and maintaining this novel esports training program, a collaboration project between Logitech and Lero, which let players use CS:GO to assess and improve their performance. Initially, I developed an FPS minigame in UE4 using C++ and Blueprints.

Space-ial Awareness

This six-person student project was awarded best use of AI in the Game Studio challenge at Games Fleadh, the largest game programming festival in Ireland. My specific responsibility for this project was combat design, but we all floated/helped one another in all aspects of the game.

Rock-It Ships

This five-person student project, inspired by Asteroids, was a two-person PVP game with three different game modes including classic, pong, and a hazard mode with a simulated black hole in the middle of the level. My primary focus was combat design and development, but we all helped one another on all aspects of this game.