RimBlade

Overview

Served as Art Director, Sprite Artist, Level Designer, and UI Game Developer for RimBlade, a top-down vertical scrolling shooter (shmup) inspired by the 1992 classic Soldier Blade for TurboGrafx-16. Built with indie studio Gremlin Games Inc as an equity partner, contributing across art direction, pixel sprite work, level design, and UI development. The game features 9 levels with adjustable difficulty, boss battles, and ad-free gameplay. Originally available on Google Play, the app was delisted following the passing of studio founder Rick Pingry and is now available on the Amazon Appstore.

Key Achievements

• Created all sprite artwork and visual assets for 9 game levels
• Designed level layouts, enemy placement, and difficulty progression
• Built game UI from menus to in-game HUD
• Reached 200K+ downloads and 4.6/5 rating on Google Play

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