The project

Speed Brawl is a fast Beat ‘Em Up released in September 2018 by Double Stallion. The player must traverse a large 2D arena, defeating enemies as swiftly and stylishly as possible to beat the clock. The promotional website can be found here.

Speed Brawl supports 2 player co-op. Here we can see Automatom unleashing his powerful Special. — Speedbrawl Coop

Players can bring in 2 brawlers to each race, and tag them in and out as needed. Here we can see Johnson bit the dust. — Speed Brawl Bia

The Dash ability is a core element of Speed Brawl gameplay. It allows players to preserve momentum and deliver powerful body slams to enemies. — Speed Brawl Dash

Things can get pretty chaotic really fast. The best times will only be within reach of the best players. — Speed Brawl

Each character has a unique skill tree, which I've redesigned. The top branch typically improves the character's special and ultimate abilities. The middle branch promotes defense, and the bottom tree focuses on that character's gimmick. — Skill Tree

Speed Brawl features over 200 pieces of equipment designed by me. The most interesting are the accessories, which generally promote a particular playstyle, but come with a significant downside. — Shop

My contribution

During my time as an intern at Double Stallion, I’ve had the opportunity to contribute to its development despite my late arrival on the project. Most notably, I’ve overhauled the skill tree of each character, totaling over 100 skills. I was also in charge of designing equipment (over 200 pieces) and balancing the whole thing. As the game was in its final development cycle, I had the additional challenge of making these additions varied and interesting while remaining as cheap as possible in terms of development time.

Additionally, I’ve been hard at work providing QA during my stay there, even introducing new methods to improve the workflow. I also worked on improving the control schemes and our automated system dictating the times required for medals. During some downtime, I was tasked with running playtests and analyzing the data.