RIDE 3 is a motorcycle racing simulation that lets the player ride on the most famous tracks in the world, on roads and circuits, choosing from a large variety of motorcycles. Players can also customize both the tuning and the look of every vehicle in their garage.
Role: Game Designer at Milestone, joined from pre-production. Engine: Unreal Engine 4.
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On RIDE 3, my duties included:
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Gameplay and tuning: implemented gameplay elements with Unreal Engine 4, tuned the game parameters, and worked with the tech team to design motorbike upgrades that reflect real parameters.
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Campaign: designed the elements of the campaign together with the rest of the team.
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Documentation and testing: kept all the design documents up to date on the team wiki, and tested the game.
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Collaboration: worked closely with environment artists, animators and programmers.
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Non-linear Campaign
A very interesting part I worked on with colleagues was the single-player campaign. Its progression is non-linear: the player accesses "industry magazines" dedicated to very different types of motorbikes.
This system, based on Volumes, lets the player collect and read more than 50 magazines and take part in the races and competitions they contain. Several parts of the campaign can be advanced at the same time, on very different tracks and motorbikes. The result is a loop that is much less repetitive and gives an all-round view of the world of bikes.
The first part of the video below shows how the campaign works, plus some single-player gameplay.
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