Krista Kainzer
Technical and User Designer
Fable is a series of action role-playing game available on Xbox consoles and PC. Past Fable titles were developed by Lionhead Studios. Fable is getting a new release and being developed by Playground Games.
Fable is an unreleased game created by Playground Games. I spent a year as an Associate Technical Designer by text scripting C++ and visual scripting gameplay systems and features.
What is Fable?
My last deliverable involved working alongside AI team. Mostly text scripting C++ and understanding behaviour trees.
Role and Responsibilities
I worked on Fable as an Associate Technical Designer for a year. Technical Designers are considered Bards or Jack-of-all-traits in game development. They are design thinkers who program and help bridge the gap between engineers and designers. As an intern, I was able to work on various types of technical design work across different teams.​
Gameplay Engineers and Designers
I worked the most with Gameplay Engineers and Designers by creating building blocks for gameplay systems and mechanics. This involved a mix between text- scripting in C++ and visual scripting with in-house game engine.
Technical Designers
I created IMGUI debugging meus with code functions provided by other technical designers to help mainly designers to quickly test prototyping features.
AI
Image 1: Screenshot from Fable's 2023 trailer.
