Jetpack Joyride
Commandeer experimental jetpacks from the clutches of science evildoers.
Project Overview
In Jetpack Joyride “join Barry, a struggling gramophone salesman, as he breaks into a secret laboratory to commandeer experimental jetpacks from the clutches of science evildoers.”
The major title 1.5 update of Jetpack Joyride added the popular rolling inventory feature. This was one of the first examples of a date based shop added to Halfbrick’s titles, and across mobile games as a whole. This feature provided seasonal items with different cosmetics’ availability changing on a rolling basis, this type of feature has since become an industry standard.
Role: Game Designer (LiveOps)
Contributed to the project as an additional LiveOps designer on the 1.5 update. Worked closely with the Chief Creative Officer, and a wider team of 6 developers, managing and balancing a large set of data.
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Responsibilities
Balancing & Events
Collaborated with the CCO to set up special shop items to peak the curiosity of players. Curated different inventories for numerous worldwide holidays and seasonal events for an international player base. Worked with a large data set to manage and tweak shop items’ availability.
Content Writing
Wrote descriptions for rolling inventory shop items including the new Wave Rider vehicle and many cosmetic costumes. Adhered to an existing comical writing style. Integrated descriptions and other metadata into the game engine.
Cross-Discipline Coordination
Communicated with different cross-disciplinary teams such as marketing and comms. Trained QA department on the use of the data source of truth to debug and test the rolling inventory and events content.
