Julien Lebon

Julien Lebon

Game designer

Dino Rush Race – Economic design & Game design

Dino Rush - Economic design - Multiplayer Race

Dino Rush Race - Economic design - Power-ups

 

Dino Rush Race - Economic design - Level builder

PROJECT – POSITION

Game available on the  App Store – Economic designer, Game designer & Level designer

DATE AND DURATION

2018 – 4 months

DEVELOPERS

Ponytech Games

DESCRIPTION

Dino Rush Race is a competitive racing game.

In this game, you play a dinosaur : Eat fruits to keep your energy high and go faster. Dodge obstacles, flying predators, and quicksand!

You can use power-ups to get faster. A campaign map let you race through various levels and compete with other players’ ghosts.

It also includes a community level builder.

MISSIONS

Economic design : Design retention and monetization systems

Design systems to improve retention, add monetization and improve commitment :

  • Community events
  • Design a soft and hard currency
  • Pet system : as a car in a race game, this “performance and customization part” can be upgraded to get better score and impress your friends with cosmetic elements
  • Medals to improve replayability
  • Sharing features
  • Upgrades
  • Stamina to reduce game sessions and improve game lifespan
  • Multiplayer challenges
  • Design a shop (currencies, skins, stamina, etc.)
  • Daily /weekly challenges
  • Special levels
  • Quest system

Economic design : Create player profiles to estimate long term economy evolution for different types of players

Game design : improve existant game design

Improve actual game mecanics through tuning, design new mecanics, create tutorials, UI feedbacks.

Level design : level design, level building and tests

Communication : Obtain a CNC fund (FAJV)

I wrote about 2/3 thirds of the document that we used to submit our application for this fund. We obtained this fund.

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SKILLS

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GOOGLE PLAY VERSION

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