Ellie J Hewitt

Single-player, First-person Arcade style Light Gun Shooter Game, Quest (2021)

Meta Score 4.4/5                            Steam Rating: Very Positive, 88% of players approve

Game Designer, XR Games

Zombieland Headshot Fever is a fast-paced arcade-style VR shooter. Taking a nostalgic view of light gun shooters of yester year and combining the genre with the witty mayhem of the Zombieland IP creates a fun and dynamic experience.

Zombieland Headshot Fever was a finalist in both the 2021 Tiga Awards as well as the VR Awards 2021
 

Zombieland Headshot Fever (Meta Store)

Zombieland Headshot Fever (Steam)

Responsibilities:​​
 

• Created Blockouts of several levels, then maintained them to a
  release-ready state. As well as picking up initial blackouts from other designers and handling the layout reworks.
   

• Handled the Enemy population passes of 7 levels as well as covering other levels depending on team absences.
   

• Worked closely with the environment artists to ensure the levels kept to the intended atmosphere while workshopping ideas as a team.
   

• Designed several of the Gun range challenge maps collaborating with the VP of Games Design (Chuan Li)
   

• Worked closely with the designers to create a varied suite of achievements, missions, and collectible content.
   

• Collaborated across departments to maintain a strong level of communication, ensuring all standards and best practices were followed
   

• Producing design documentation for updated UI/UX interactions, zombie population audits.
   

• Produced wireframes, UI designs, and 2D assets for additional features working to the style guide set by the Lead UI/UX designer (Richard Weaver).
   

• Assisted QA with bug testing at key stages of production, highlighting potential blockers and fixing design-related bugs
   

• Took part in running external playtesting sessions with the Creative Director (Richard Boon) & Lead Producer (Jon Byles) to gain insight on how to better improve the level flow and enemy populations