Francesco Narciso
@Taikiji
Game Designer
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Repair Rampage
The objective is to reach the terminal at the end of each of the 3 areas and hack it to repair that area and the associated machinery across the whole map. The game is inspired by open-world metroidvania games in which you can choose in what order you want to repair the terminals. This way, the difficulty will always be linear but you can choose what machinery/obstacle you want to activate and have to face first.
After clearing the last room, you'll have to head back to the main hub, with all 3 obstacles activated. It's encouraged to clear the game multiple times, activating the terminals in different order every time.
Orbital Stand
The player controls an astronaut that can use turrets stuck in orbit around the earth with the objective of shooting down all waves of alien attacks. Turrets on the outer orbit can fire long range while turrets in the inner orbit fire a scatter shot in short range. The player has to jump between the two orbits evading alien fire to not die while trying to shoot them all down. Even just moving the mouse to aim will move the astronaut and help evade hits. The inner orbit is closer to the earth, protecting the player even more.
The result is simple game easy to pick up but with a high skill ceiling born from simple mechanics.
Cardventure
Prototype for an RPG game with deckbuilding and card combat.
Wonder around a map, triggering events and playing through a main storyline. Choices would be given throughout the whole story. The equipment you'd wear and the terrain you'd be fighting in would decide what cards were in your deck when you initiated combat. Your deck would cycle through itself, in a way inspired by Tetris.
Zoo Kitchen
Game made during the 2020 GMTK Game Jam with the theme "Out of Contrl"
The player is the Chef in a burger restaurant where all his helpers are animals that hand you random ingredients. You'll have to use the random ingredients given to complete orders matching the colors of the orders.
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About Me
Born in Turin (Italy), though I spent most of my childhood studying in International Schools in Nanjing and Shanghai (China).
Graduated from Polytechnic University of Turin in 2020 with a diploma in Design and Visual Communication, specializing in Graphic and Virtual Design.
I've had a strong passion in Game Design for many years. This passion made me study the subject, pushing me to start a few projects that taught me how to give life to my ideas. I've also had a small career as an Esports player with a team I formed for the game "League of Legends", before dedicating my time to making games. The project I'm most proud of is Repair Rampage, a game born from a team of 6, holding the role of sole Game Designer.
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