Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV

Summary

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is the fourth installment of the critically acclaimed RTS series, developed by KING Art Games and published by Plaion.

Battle for the planet Kronus as Warhammer 40,000's ultimate RTS returns, featuring the largest campaign series ever with four distinct factions battling it out in epic, brutal large-scale conflicts.

Highlighted Contributions

Game Design

  • Scripted the meta-progression for all 70+ missions within the game’s four branching single player campaigns.

  • Conducted closed playtests with the game’s community, collating and presenting actionable data for the game director and the publisher.

  • Set up and polished the behavior for the “world map” mission selection screen within all campaigns.

  • Configured and iterated on the game’s bark system in collaboration with engineering.

Community & Marketing

  • Featured as one of the primary faces for the game’s marketing campaign.

  • Participated in community-oriented events such as Discord Q&As to identify and address community hot topics.

  • Observed and feedbacked on player sentiment from closed playtests to drive balancing decisions and prioritize pain points.

  • Gave interviews with outlets such as IGN and PC Gamer.

Narrative Design & UI Support

  • Owned the management, implementation, and iteration of all narrative content, including 24,500+ lines of in-game dialogue and barks from scripts to final VO and 7000+ lines of UI text.

  • Ensured IP compliance for all VO and UI text content in collaboration with key stakeholders.

  • Collaborated with internal QA and publisher to establish localization/LQA processes.

  • Supervised the recording sessions for all VO material and provided all casting and script materials.