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Legends of Aria
Community Developer, Server Host, and Game Advocate.
My Role:
Lead Game Design, Developer
Building a real community of followers.
What started as a way to shape my own gaming experience grew into a desire to build something other people could enjoy, too. That led to HOPE Society, my modded Legends of Aria community server. Alongside creating custom gameplay, I published monthly patch notes, managed Patreon subscriptions, and built an international Discord community with translation tools to help players connect across languages.
During my time as a community developer and game advocate, I participated in building (3) different community servers.
- HOPE Society ( my own project )
- Awakening Server ( community collaboration )
- Malvelolent Gaming ( community collaboration )
At it's peak, HOPE Society had:
- 300+ active, concurrent players
- 120+ Patreon subscriptions
- Discord community of 500+ members.
The server received daily restarts, weekly and bi-weekly patches, continuous discord moderation, a self realized player city, and live streamed in-game events, development, and community stories via Twitch.
A snapshot from the website.
This website is no longer in service, but during its time, it fielded thousands of visitors and served as a direct connection area for subscribers & patrons to get the latest news and information, happening in game, and within the community.
Recognized in Massively Overpowered
My work building a new class archetype for our game was picked up by Chris Neal an author for Massively Overpowered. It sent waves of new players flocking into our discord to ask about the game's development, team, and style of play. I truly had a real sense of momentum and purpose at this time. If you're interested, you can read the article here.
Professional Experience
Summary of my professional experience working on this project:
| Acquired skills | Summary |
|---|---|
| Game Design & Gameplay Systems Design | Lead Game Design role and development of a new class archetype |
| Game Modding & Gameplay Customization | Creating custom gameplay for Legends of Aria community servers |
| Live Game Operations | Operating a server supporting 300+ concurrent players, with daily restarts and ongoing updates |
| Release & Patch Management | Coordinating weekly and biweekly patches |
| Technical Documentation & Release Notes | Publishing monthly patch notes and communicating changes |
| Online Community Management | Building and managing a Discord community of 500+ members |
| Discord Administration & Moderation | Maintaining community operations and continuous moderation |
| Third-Party Application Integration | Integrating translation tools into Discord |
| International Community Engagement | Helping players participate across language barriers |
| Subscription & Membership Management | Managing 120+ Patreon subscriptions at the project’s peak |
| Player Communications & Engagement | Sharing development updates, news, and community stories |
| Live Event Coordination & Livestreaming | Broadcasting in-game events and development |
| Website Content Management | Maintaining a news and information hub for players and patrons |
| Cross-Team Collaboration | Contributing to three separate community server projects |
Game Design · Gameplay Systems Design · Live Game Operations · Community Management · Release Management · Technical Documentation · Discord Administration · Application Integration · Subscription Management · Cross-Team Collaboration