Hyper Neon Fishing is a game where players take on the role of a heroic bird, who dives deep into the Neon Ocean to restore color back to all of the Neon Fish using their disco-powered helmet. With the help of their first mate, Kru, players will ruin the evil Dr. Monochrome’s scheme while collecting some of the funkiest fish in the sea.

• Platform: PC with PS4 controller
• Engine: Unity
• Production Period: January 2017 – May 2017
• Team Members: Paul Klimaszewski (Lead Designer), Cole Kirkpatrick (Lead Artist & Animator), Sean Walsh (UI Artist), Nick Kinteris (Environment Artist), Gabe Pererya (Lead Programmer), Duncan Carrol (Gameplay Programmer), Zach Taylor (Gameplay Programmer), Lucas Spiker (Tools Programmer), & Elijah Dixon (Project Manager)
  • Charlie Carucci – Combat Designer, Quest Designer, Product Owner
  • Paul Klimaszewski – Lead Designer
  • Cole Kirkpatrick – Lead Artist & Animator
  • Sean Walsh – UI Artist
  • Nick Kinteris – Environment Artist
  • Gabe Pererya – Lead Programmer
  • Duncan Carrol – Gameplay Programmer
  • Zachary Taylor – Gameplay Programmer
  • Lucas Spiker – Tools Programmer
  • Elijah Dixon – Project Manager & Scrum Master
• Download and play Hyper Neon Fishing on itch.io

Personal Roles and Responsibilities

Combat Designer:

• Improved current combat systems
  • Re-designed combat controls to be more intuitive
  • Designed diverse forms of fish AI to allow for passive, defensive, and aggressive fish types
• Designed new combat interactions
  • Designed and balanced spear throw mechanic (ranged attack)
  • Iterated on the “neon blood” system to give players different ways to replenish their neon power
  • Documented different combat strategies available to players with new combat systems
• Designed new types of fish
  • Documented how each fish was meant to behave
  • Assigned and balanced the stats for each fish (health, damage ability, speed, etc.)

Quest Designer

• Designed quest narrative and dialogue sequences
  • Outlined major character personality traits
  • Wrote dialog lines for quest introductions/conclusions and all gameplay events in between.
• Balanced quest challenges and rewards
  • Design, documented, and balanced the quest objectives, their progression, and the rewards given to the player for finishing a quest
  • Outlined upgrades available to the player and the resources they would need to obtain said upgrades

I had a lot of fun working on this game and I had a very supportive team that helped bring this game to life. We even brought this game to RPI’s 2017 Gamefest where other students and industry professionals got a chance to play through our vertical slice.