Destiny 2: 30th Anniversary Pack
Destiny 2’s 30th Anniversary Pack was a seasonal size release celebrating Bungie’s 30th Anniversary. The release included a new 6-player activity, loop, progressions, economy, rewards, and more.
Skills
Systems Design
Progressions
Economy
Rewards
Quests
Vanguard Investment Design Lead
Vanguard was the large team responsible for each seasonal release, producing 4x a year. Investment is the discipline of systems design responsible for progressions, economy, rewards, quests, crafting, social systems, and the like. In this role, I was responsible for the quality of all investment design features across all seasons actively in development, training ICs on investment design, building content/systems at a staff/lead efficiency, managing staff, and developing craft improvements.
Features
- Ritual Loop (game loop, progressions, economy, rewards, quests, vendors, bounties)
- Exotic Quest (special rarity weapon quest)
Ritual Loop
Role: Vanguard Investment Design Lead – feature lead
A ritual loop is a season’s game loop. It unifies the season’s theme, activities, and rewards through a multi-layered set of systems and content. Ritual loops drive player engagement through a suite of quests, progressions, upgrades, reward stories, and more.
Responsibilities
- Trained new Designer on tools, systems, content, and frameworks to get them functioning quickly
- Planned and reviewed early specs with feature owner to give guidance for how to meet goals and differentiate the anniversary pack from seasons
- Guided overall economy design, reward stories, and progressions to fit within seasonal allotment
- Reviewed content with feature owner regularly to unblock them
- Ensured ritual loop met quality bar by attending playtests, providing feedback, and holding regular syncs
Exotic Quest (special weapon quest)
Role: Vanguard Investment Design Lead – feature lead
Player Journey is the main story quest for a release. It provides story beats through vendor performances (text and VO), character vignettes, and cinematics. Quest steps guide players through the release’s game loop, introduces and tutorializes new mechanics, and gates activities & sequences.
Responsibilities
- Collaborated with feature owner to identify how to make earning this exotic weapon uniqu
- Assisted with timeline to earn reward
- Reviewed content to unblock feature, keep quality bar high, and reduce bugs