About the game

Dark Rising was the first game I made. The story is a cliché:

*You wake up in the basement of a macro-corporation after a technological glitch has turned everyone into zombies.

You must escape using the weapons you find in the way out to kill the various types of enemies.*

I did it in Flash, with no programming knowledge: Mostly trial and error by browsing the Action Script 3.0 API suggestions.

So the game is designed to minimise programming: I made it work as a mix of QTEs and turn-based combat.

What I did in the game

• I did the narrative, game, level and UI/UX design -even without knowing I was doing that.
• I did the minimal and rudimentary programming necessary to make it work.
• I did all the 2D assets.

What I have learned from working on this project

• How not to talk to publishers. Don’t ask.
• How to design a game from start to finish -although without deadlines.
• How to design the level’ pacing to smoothly introduce all features.
• How to overcome your limitations by iterating your expectations -making them realistic enough.