LEGO Fortnite

LEGO Fortnite is a third-person survival game within Fortnite.

While a part of the LEGO Fortnite team I have worked on the Ninjago, Expeditions and Odyssey releases.

LEGO Fortnite Ninjago added an entirely new island with multiple biomes containing new missions, mechanics, POIs, and an entirely new story. As they progress, players meet popular characters from the show, complete objectives, and learn to harness their new ninja abilities and suite of new ninja weapons. For LEGO Fortnite Ninjago I designed and built the Ice Temple as well as all of the small and medium Points of Interest (POIs) in the Grasslands and Beach biomes.

LEGO Fortnite Expeditions is a completely new mode where players choose superhero classes and team up to use their super powers to complete several missions across multiple levels. As they complete missions they are rewarded with new gear and are able upgrade their abilities and favorite weapons to make completing objectives easier as the difficulty ramps up. For Expeditions I co-designed and built the Utopia City level.

LEGO Fortnite Odyssey is the main survival game in LEGO Fortnite. Players harvest resources to build weapons and tools in order to defeat enemies, make better weapons, and harvest better materials for their builds. The Odyssey update introduced the Storm King as a villain to LEGO Fortnite as well as the new Storm Biome. While on Odyssey I designed and build all of the new POIs for the Storm Biome and all of the floating islands in the Storm Caves.

Game: LEGO Fortnite Ninjago
Editor: Unreal Engine 5

Duration: 3 Months

Level Designer

Blockouts
Work with concept team to design, build, and prop the Ice Temple from initial blockout to shipping.
POI construction and iteration
Dressing POIs with props and foliage bringing them up to shippable quality
Working with the gameplay team to add missions, objectives, and NPCs to POIs
Work with the AI team to ensure we highlight the strengths of our enemy encounters

Overview

I shipped several Points of Interest (POIs) for the Ninjago release including the Ice Temple, one of the major POIs for this release. The Ice Temple exists in a small area of frozen tundra just off the coast. This is the first temple players are sent to during the main story mission where they must find Zane to continue their training and further develop their skills. As such, I embraced the story by designing the Ice Temple to incorporate pieces of both Eastern spirituality alongside futuristic technology to really highlight both sides of Zane himself. In addition to the Ice Temple I also shipped all the small and medium Ninjago POIs in the Grasslands and the beach biomes. I also completed the propping and foliage for all of the Forest of Spirits POIs to finalize them and bring them up to final shippable quality.

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Game: LEGO Fortnite Expeditions
Editor: Unreal Engine 5

Duration: 3 Months

Level Designer

Blockouts
Level construction (Solids, static mesh selection and placement, propping and foliage)
Vista construction (Buildings, Landscape sculpting and painting, Laying down roads)
Landscape (Sculpting and painting)
Dressing Utopia City with all props and foliage
Working with the Missions team to ensure the gameplay spaces support great gameplay for the various mission types
Work with the AI team to ensure we highlight the strengths of our enemy AI

Level Overview

"Utopia City" is one of the Mission Areas that shipped with the debut of LEGO Fortnite Expeditions. The map is a futuristic cityscape under attack by the Mask Maker Daigo's evil minions with distinct districts and landmarks to make it easy for players to identify where they are on the map and call out landmarks when communicating with other players on their team. Each mission is designed to have multiple locations scattered across the map capable of supporting a variety of different mission types . As players play through a mission area in teams of four they must work together to accomplish 3 missions which can include powering the shield generator, destroying the masks, or rescuing civilians, all culminating in a challenging but rewarding boss fight with either Kor, a Spire Brute, or one of the massive Spires themselves!

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Game: LEGO Fortnite Odyssey
Editor: Unreal Engine 5

Duration: 4 Months

Level Designer

Converted POIs to ruined storm biome POIs
Designed, built, and dressed new ruined storm biome POIs
Designed, built, and dressed all floating island POIs for the Storm Caves
Ensured newly designed POIs worked well and highlighted AI
Ensured hidden treasure chests were fun and rewarding to find
Iterated on POIs based upon feedback from the team and playtesting

Level Overview

Mage Academy” is a single or multiplayer level in Round Toast Studios Mortal Rite. The level is one of the first three unlocked that must be completed to progress to the first of the major boss fights. The level is non-linear and is the first to put a emphasis on the completion of level objectives and light puzzle solving. The level takes place at night in ruined Mage Academy that is slowing being destroyed by both time and nature. Player must defeat the magic wielding enemies in the level and collect the three skulls to release the Evil Caster Mage resting in a statue at the central focal point of the Academy. Players can work individually or together to face the challenges and collect the skulls in any order. Once placed, the three skulls release the Evil Caster Mage from its stone resting place, giving player the opportunity to destroy the evil once and for all.

Below is just a selection of some of the POIs I created for this release.