The Challenge: Despite tracking eight character variables, the Memorial Wall free-look was simply using on-off logic with its hotspots. This didn't feel like an appropriate payoff or a fully deliberate way of representing the player's choices along their journey through the game. Visually, the wall needed a rhyme and reason, and it was my design task to set that up.

My Role: I owned the Memorial Wall scene from import through ship, identifying payoff gaps in the script's on-off logic, designed and implemented an outcome system using data layers to represent four separate outcome severities, collaborated with Environment on set dressing direction, and managed variable logic and edge case fixes through final submission.

The Solution: Using data layers already proven in production, I designed a four-layer outcome system driven by a hybrid of dedicated character checks and an aggregated student death count. Each layer delivered a distinct, intentional result — differentiated through set dressing, NPC counts, and environmental storytelling.

Impact: By working within existing systems, I extended what was already in the pipeline into something the player could actually feel — player choices had somewhere to land, without pulling resources from other teams.