A fast-paced roguelite fantasy FPS built around expressive spellcasting, arena combat, enemy waves, and upgrade-driven runs.
Overview
From a university project and a dream to a full indie title.
SpellFister began in a university game development course, where I led a small team through a five-week prototype: a tightly scoped, wave-based arena FPS. After the course, I took ownership of the project and continued developing it independently, expanding that prototype toward the game we originally imagined — a full roguelite built around expressive spellcasting, replayable runs, progression, and increasingly chaotic combat.
Built the core first-person combat loop and reusable spell behavior, including cooldowns, damage scaling, upgrade-driven effects, and the moment-to-moment systems that make casting feel responsive.
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Enemy AI & Wave Combat
Implemented state-driven enemy behavior and wave-based encounters designed around projectile pressure, positioning, and readable combat roles.
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Progression & Upgrades
Created modular run and permanent-progression systems that support upgrade combinations, balancing, iteration, and adding new content without rebuilding the surrounding loop.
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Iteration & Polish
Owned the broader player experience across movement, UI, saving, balancing, feedback, playtesting, and repeated polish passes as the project evolved from prototype to a larger roguelite.
