Riley Bufton

Game Designer specializing in quest and systems design

DIABLO IV: LORD OF HATRED

Background

Dates Worked On: August 2024 - Present
Releases: Game Development/Release, Live Ops Content Updates/Patches
Roles: Quest Designer

With work on Diablo IV’s first expansion coming to a close, I began work on the second expansion: Lord of Hatred. Continuing my previous role as a World Designer I began development on a new stronghold for the game: Cosmic Archives. When leadership believed that help was needed on the expansion’s main campaign, I was recruited to the Quest Design team. As a Quest Designer, I designed, implemented, and polished all the main campaign quests in the Atanos region as well as the Epilogue.

Atanos Finale and Epilogue

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Atanos Finale 01 Game Design Document Map & Quest Beats

Atanos Finale 01 Game Design Document Quest Outline

Atanos Finale 02 Game Design Document Map & Quest Beats

Atanos Finale 01 Game Design Document Quest Outline

Atanos Finale 01 Visual Pitch for Added Quest Beat

Early Atanos Finale 01 Game Design Document Before Campaign Rework

Atanos 1

Atanos 1 background

Atanos 1 Game Design Document Map & Quest Beats

Atanos 1 Game Design Document Quest Outline

Cosmic Archives Stronghold

Before being pulled onto the Quest Design team to work on the main campaign, I was on the World Design team working on a Stronghold for the new expansion’s new region.