JOSIAH COLBORN
CREATIVE GAME DEVELOPMENT
State of Decay 2
State of Decay 2 shipped with three massive, open world maps. I owned the level design and dressing for one of them, known in-game as Drucker County, in addition to the Tutorial and Daybreak DLC map. All level work was completed in Unreal Engine 4. I was part of and led in-studio strike teams to help refine the game's core loop and establish quality standards for final map content for State of Decay 2 and its Daybreak DLC.
State of Decay 2 had over 3 million users in its first month of release and has continued to grow substantially since then. |
Game Design and Art
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Barony: Blessed AdditionI led the design for the "Blessed Addition" content update, adding +50% more content to the game, including all new monsters, levels, lore and dialog. I took these ideas from concept to final asset completion.
I first joined the team to overhaul all of Barony's art. I also increased dungeon variety using the game's proprietary level editor. The "Cursed Edition" release in 2016 represents this overhaul and other improvements. Since then I've become a key part of the studio's business development and marketing. Lifetime review scores have climbed from 85% to 91% in that time. In 2019 I provided content and worked with one of the team's programmers to design the Myths & Outcasts and Legends & Pariahs DLC packs, where I was also responsible for scripting the trailers. The DLC packs have 100% positive reviews as of May 2020. This is a project of passion I shipped by volunteering my own time and I'm excited for its future. |
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The Infinitos Roleplaying SystemThe Infinitos Pen & Paper RPG is a trans-genre roleplaying system, designed to empower veteran and newcomer P&P players alike to create dynamic gameplay and narrative experiences.
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Greg Hastings Paintball 3Greg Hastings' Paintball 3 is an action-paintball simulation game by Super X Studios, in development for current-generation consoles and PCs.
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