Rune Run

Reflection

I was part of the initial 3-person team that pitched the game. Our core idea was that each point on a grid would contain a spell modifier, and players could draw on the grid to create their own spells. Unfortunately, this vision never made it into the final game. As the team grew to 12 members, everyone had a different idea of what the game should look like. However, through the misunderstandings and challenging development process, I learned a lot about working in a large team and how to manage these situations better, so the game doesn’t suffer next time.

In its final state, the game ended up with many unnecessary mechanics that don’t work well together. We had 6 artists, 6 designers, 1 producer, and I was the sole coder. The oversaturation of designers, where everyone wanted to contribute to mechanics, and the lack of coders resulted in a game that’s buggy and not super fun to play.