Economy Modelling, Progression & Balance Tooling: I was responsible for the mathematical foundation of the game. I utilised Excel to model the game's economy, balancing the costs of decks against their tactical value on the grid, alongside the experience rewards granted for various actions. I also tuned the enemy scaling to ensure the roguelike progression felt challenging but mathematically fair when pitted against the player's levelling system and economy.

Production & Sprint Management: Due to the game's ambitious scope, the project required rigorous production pipelines. I managed our team's Trello boards and facilitated weekly sprint presentations to demonstrate our progress, ensuring the cross-discipline team stayed on track and aligned with our major milestones.

Enemy AI & Combat Coordination: I engineered the logic and behaviour trees for the enemy factions to ensure they filled distinct tactical roles: tank, melee damage, ranged, and support. Because tactical games require readability, I focused heavily on predictability and combat coordination. By restricting each enemy archetype to a strict, telegraphed cycle of two to three unique abilities, players could actively anticipate and counter their moves. I also designed the positional logic, ensuring frontline fighters aggressively hold the line, while support and ranged units dynamically maintain optimal distance to reinforce the formation.

Technical Problem Solving & Version Control: During development, the team faced significant delays due to Git merge conflicts and Unity integration issues. One of the primary bottlenecks occurred within the art pipeline; I stepped in to actively resolve broken material references and prefab conflicts, ensuring our external art assets and animations successfully integrated into the playable build.