GENFANAD
Retro Styled MMO
Genfanad is a retro-inspired humourous MMORPG inspired in the art style of Runescape Classic (2001-2004) and Ultima Online (1997-2004). Genfanad is pronounced Genn-fan-ahd
Tutorial walkthrough of alpha courtesy of Indie Patron on YouTube
WORKED ON THIS PROJECT
Team Lead of the Map Makers
ALPHA AREA
The alpha area consisted of 9 chunks, each 128x128 tiles. Every chunk had 1-2 towns or cities as well as wilderness areas and potential dungeons, monsters, skilling content, many npc's, and quests. The goal of the game was humour and light references of popular fair use properties and memes (such as The Wizard of Oz, or a Tutorial Combat Instructor named Leeroy Jenkins).
I also helped to plan out 4 future areas for future content, including areas based on: vintage horror movies, expanding the wizard of oz, the Appalachians, the wild west, and Canada
MANAGERIAL DUTIES
Helped oversee preparations for 2 Open Alpha Tests
Helped supervise and review maps throughout production at every stage.
Supervised the making of over a dozen “quick maps” in anticipation of a Kickstarter.
Organized weekly meetings and kept everyone on schedule.
Dedicated question person for multiple departments and areas, in charge of communicating when the head couldn’t be reached.
Helped import 4,500 assets from packs individually, and culled them to below 2,000 for stability.
Trained and set up new people for multiple areas of production, including writing, worldbuilding, social media management, and map making
Helped decide on and hire new individuals below me for the Maps Team
GENERAL DUTIES
Planned and organized weekly meetings
Coordinated work
Reviewed and imported assets
Prepared for project milestones
Helped decide artistic style
Created internal documentation
Map layout work
Model placement work
Terrain work
Reviewed maps
Point person for multiple departments
In charge of onboarding new talent