Kana Quest is an educational puzzle game that aims to teach players how to read Japanese Hiragana

I joined the project as lead programmer after the game's initial Steam release, my role involved preparing the game for release on Nintendo Switch by implementing controller support, overhauling major systems, and providing a range of stability fixes as well as quality of life (QoL) and accessibility improvements.

My notable contributions include:

• Full Controller/Keyboard support with custom platform-based button prompts for Mouse & Keyboard, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation, and aftermarket controllers.
• Major refactoring to the legacy codebase, in areas such as User Interface, Gameplay and Tutorialization Systems, improving maintainability, stability, code quality and fixing gameplay soft locks / incomplete logic leading to edge cases.
• The addition of a popup system to provide helpful hints and reminders to players for a smooth learning experience on the intricacies of the game and interactions between Kana.
• The addition of a dyslexic font option to improve the readability of text.
• The addition of an option to reduce motion and animation of Kana/VFXs for players with motion sensitivity.

Throughout the development process, I collaborated closely with Whitethorn Games' Quality Assurance, Porting, and Accessibility Teams, ensuring a smooth, accessible and mostly bug-free experience for players on both PCs and consoles.