Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer (season 14)
Season of the Splicer (season 14) was released during the Beyond Light (year 4) expansion for Destiny 2.
Skills
Systems Design
Progressions
Economy
Rewards
Quests
Senior Systems Designer – Bungie
Features
- Ritual Loop (game loop, rewards, progressions, vendors, quests, bounties)
- Player Journey (season’s main quest)
Ritual Loop
Role: Senior Systems (investment) Designer – feature support
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
- Reviewed content with feature owner regularly to unblock them
- Ensured ritual loop met quality bar set by previous season
- Guided economy, reward, and progressions to fit within seasonal allotment
Player Journey (main story quest)
Role: Senior Systems (investment) Designer – feature support
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 Creative Lead to outline entire seasonal quest structure
- Streamlined problem points from last season’s quest for a better player-experience
- Trained new Designer on building quests, vendor interactions, and rewards
- Reviewed content to unblock feature, keep quality bar high, and reduce bugs