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Konner Rooney's ePortfolio (2238-CAGD , Fall 2023)

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December 14, 2025

Konner Rooney 2258-CAGD-370-01-4196 12/2025 Postmortem Blog Post Over the course of Autumn 2025, I worked with Andrew Fuentes and Jose Vargas as JAK Atlantic, to develop a prototype for a game called Color Clap , a hack-and-slasher in which the player takes color theory and it's mixable colors and utilizes them in combat and puzzles. As the Lead Designer, it was my job to shape the idea of our core mechanics, design different kinds of levels, and ensure that playtesting feedbck effected future versions of our prototype. In this postmortem blog post, I will reflect on this process: What worked well, what did not, and what I would change if I did it all over again! What Went Well? The most notable success out of our playtests was the game's main mechanic: color absorption. By defeating enemies of different colors, the player can absorb that color and use it themselves. Players can have up to two...

Blog Post 2

October 25, 2025

Konner Rooney 10/2025 2258-CAGD-370-01-4196 Blog Post 2 Unique Circumstances of This Sprint In Sprint 1, I was completely devoted to creating our Paper Prototpye and getting feedback on it via playtests. On the other hand, Sprint 2 had me working on two (fittingly) primary tasks... Reflecting on the feedback of our first set of playtests, and how to change elements that were the most criticized. Creating Annotated Maps, then 3D modeling them into .FBX files to import into our game engine of choice, Unity. Having to focus on two different overarching tasks over the course of this Sprint, was definately diffferent compared to creating the Paper Protoype in Sprint 1, which consisted of various small tasks that worked towards one big, significant part of our work flow. That being said, it was a "challenge" worth working through! I believe this Sprint really eased me into managing my time towards different parts of our project, contrasting how I worked towards one ...