D2: The Final Shape

restoring a Masterpiece

ROLESocial Systems Lead
TEAM3 server engineers, 2 activity engineers, 3 UX designers, 3 activity engineers, 3 Technical UX Designers, 2 Visual designers, 2 UI engineers, 1 Investment designer, Community team, Player support team, legal, Platform team and external partners
TIMEFRAMEQ1 2023 -> Q1 2024 (beta & 1.0) -> Q1 2025 (retail support)
PLATFORMPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Stadia
CONSTRAINTSMust allow players to meaningfully group in to endgame activities, must be very fast to find a group
SCOPELed design, UX design, implementation, cross team coordination, and post launch iteration for the popular In-game matchmaking discovery system, Fireteam Finder. 315k concurrent / 2.7m unique users on Steam.
OUTCOMETransformed the way players engaged with content, very high sentiment win for in-client implementation