Love Story

Storytelling gameplay with short cinematics and choices that branch the story

Configurable main menu and gameplay parameters using RemoteConfig

Configurable live events and episode releases through RemoteConfig

Dynamic asset loading with assets that can be individually updated server-side

Simple per-story main character customization at fixed moments in the story

Player progress saving (current episode, customization, choices) for each story

In-app purchases

Identifying and defining tasks for the team to work on and validating the finished work afterwards

Recommending, implementing and supporting a Git branching model for ~50 contributors across different disciplines

Implementing and incrementally releasing asset caching using Cloudflare in coordination with the CTO

Fixing and refactoring a faulty Unity editor module for story customization

Implementing A/B testing capabilities for game settings and features

Aggregating technical ANR data and extracting meaningful conclusions

Implementing a currency system for tickets and gems

Google Play was reporting a big number of ANRs, but gave no specific data on why it was happening

• Used BigQuery to extract the game screens where the ANRs happened and summarized the findings in a document for the rest of the team

• Tracked releases and ANR rate over time to try and pinpoint their cause to specific features

The team was using a single-branch Git model, creating technical problems for the content teams when the development team was collaborating on an unfinished feature

• Recommended that all content contributors use a "content" branch, and the functionality contributors use a "develop" branch, which are merged periodically, taking into account the state of the develop branch

• Oversaw this change and adjusted the Git model as needed

The main game loop code was overly complex, using recursion and flags to traverse the story, making any change difficult due to the complexity of the method

• Defined the expected behaviour and unit tests and delegated the task to the dev team. After implementation, the system was easy to understand and to modify