Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: The Board Game
Board Game - Lead Development
An adaptation of the critically acclaimed bumper expansion to Monster Hunter: World, Iceborne continues where the previous board game left off with hunter's cooperatively taking down massive monsters on the quest for bigger and better weapons and armour.
Iceborne develops and deepens the systems on display in the original board game as well as providing gameplay improvements, brand new mechanics, weapons, armour, and monsters.
Responsibilities
- Lead game developer on one of the largest games SFG have produced.
- Funded in 2023, it eventually reached £6.3 million funding with 14885 backers.
- Designed and created the game’s new progression system, creating a more engaging and fulfilling progression system compared to its predecessor.
- Managed and created the game’s spreadsheet models, allowing for faster iteration and refinement during the playtesting stages.
- Designed and developed all of the monster weapon identities, introducing unique mechanics for all 28 monster weapon types.
- Further refined the identity and playstyles for each hunter weapon type.
- Created and managed a Tabletop Simulator module designed for digital testing.
Products Worked On
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Hoarfrost Reach
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Absolute Power
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Moonlight Howl
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Seething Anger
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Overpowering Hunger
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Velkhana
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Namielle
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Blackveil Vaal Hazak
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Ruiner Nergigante
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Hunter's Arsenal I
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Hunter's Arsenal II