Siyuan Xu

Director & Lead Designer - Gameplay, Combat & Level Design

Nine-person student team · Unity 6.2 / Corgi Engine

• Removed shooting so combat focuses on grappling towards enemies for close-range kills. Our nine-person team delivered a complete playable flow before the deadline.
• Led the final Unity rebuild on Corgi Engine, specifying and integrating grappling, kill recovery, dash charging, style ranks and adaptive music with AI assistance.
• Built the tutorial and main level, revising enemy placement and pressure after testing with about six players.

Final Level Integration, Sound & VFX

Three-person coursework team · Unity 6 / 2D URP

• Connected existing rooms and systems into the final route, removing repetitive puzzles and repairing backtracking. Teammate Kun Lin created the initial systems and rooms.
• Defined a box respawn rule that keeps return routes open after resets, then verified it in play.

Game Design & Direction / Gameplay Implementation

Collaborative team project · Unity 2022.3

• Designed the salvage, crafting and ship-repair loop around limited oxygen and propulsion.
• Defined movement around inertia, grappling and recoil and implemented it with AI assistance; programming credits list the whole group, as the course required.

Solo project - Systems, Enemy AI, Level and Balancing

Solo project · Unreal Engine 5 / Blueprint

• Built Behavior Tree guard AI with sight and hearing: 3000 cm sight radius, 70-degree vision, 300 cm melee trace.