Shadow Requiem: Arise
2D dungeon platformer built on a soul-absorb-and-summon combat loop. Playtested to destruction with 10 external testers.
- Core combat & summon mechanic
- Environment design
- Playtest triage & fixes
Systems & Mechanics Design
About Me
Hi — I'm Bryan, a systems and mechanics game designer who studied a Bachelor of Games and Interactive Environments at QUT with a Game Design major. I'm experienced in designing gameplay structure and game concepts that sit underneath a game's feel, and tuning them against what actually happens when players play the game.
Below are three projects I've had the chance to work systems on, each with the reasoning behind the trickiest calls — not just the finished result.
Tools
Unity
C#
GDevelop
VS Code
CapCut
Canva
GitHub
Selected Work
Click a project to open the full case study.
Monster Alpha
Survivor-like built on a weapon-upgrade economy and a resource-managed transformation the player chooses when to spend.
- Core mechanics & progression design
- Weapon/upgrade balancing
- Playtest-driven tuning
Psychological Manipulation Simulator
Satirical "not-gambling" sim — four mini-games feeding one currency loop. Demo ships itch.io Sep 11, 2026.
- Currency loop & card economy design
- Cross-system cost balancing
- Live design log
Recognition
Achievements & industry collaborations.
Achievement
ICB ProtoComp Hackathon
Participated in the hackathon, working on a 2D platformer game project built under compressed time constraints.
Industry Collaboration
QUT Entrepreneurship
Psychological Manipulation Simulator was developed in collaboration with QUT Entrepreneurship as an industry-linked project.