Case Studies
Breakdowns focused on game design, gameplay clarity, and interactive experience design.
This page gathers project stories with more detail than a portfolio teaser: the design problem, the gameplay or UX challenge, the response, and the thinking behind the final direction.
Featured Story
Designing a platformer where the car never jumps on command.
Boostbound makes the directional dash its main movement verb. Speed, ramps and the geometry of the level become part of every platforming decision.
- A vehicle platformer built without a conventional jump.
- Momentum and terrain as a legible movement language.
- Level design shaped around anticipation and recovery.
Boostbound: Designing a Platformer Without a Conventional Jump
How a directional dash, momentum and level geometry turn driving into a way of navigating and solving spatial problems.
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A game design case study about solving aiming ambiguity in Shadow Strike without breaking the tactical infiltration experience.
Read full case study -> Product conceptReimagining a classic shmup for hybrid-casual players
A breakdown of how a mid-core arcade language was reorganized for a mobile audience that expects speed, clarity, and immediate progress.
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