Game: Third-Person Action MMO
Release Date: January 2011
Platforms:PS5, PS4, PS3, PC, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One
As a Senior Designer on DC Universe Online from its early development through over a decade of live content, I helped shape the player experience from launch through DLCs 1-43, as well as numerous holiday events and major game updates.
My primary responsibility was designing and building gameplay instances across all content types – including solo missions, open world areas, duos, alerts (4-player), and raids (8-player) – ensuring each delivered engaging combat, narrative integration, and replayable challenges.
I collaborated closely with artists, writers, and combat designers to deliver high-quality encounters that balanced accessibility and depth for DC fans and MMO players alike.
Working on a lean post-launch team meant taking full ownership of instances in each DLC. I handled everything from story and boss behaviors to abilities, cinematics, and mission flow. That level of responsibility accelerated my growth into a well-rounded generalist designer who can confidently take on any task.
Age of Justice DLC: The Ultimate Soldier:
Content: 4-Player Operation
Description: Per Degaton and Baron Von Savage were attempting to rewrite history. Players could choose to disconnect timelines to make the final fight easier (Defeating bosses in those timelines and disconnecting them), or choose to battle the Ultimate Soldiers with the additional timelines connected (fighting all three bosses in the currently timeline).
Sons of Trigon: Trigon’s Prison
Content: 4-Player Alert
Description: Players must defend against Trigon’s forces and his sons to prevent his full awakening and escape. The first ‘oversized’ boss in DCUO which pushed the boundaries of what was possible for our game.
Birds of Prey: LexCorp Tower
Content: Solo Challenge
Description: Players arrive at Luthor’s Inner Sanctum with Superman.
Enter the Main Man, Lobo! He drops in to kill the bounty he was looking for: Lex Luthor. Since Lobo was too late, for the very first time, players battle him in Luthor’s Inner Sanctum.
Titans: The Machine
Content: 8-Player Raid
Description: The Titans have been captured by the H.I.V.E.! Return to their mountain base to foil the HIVE Master’s diabolical plan.
