A 3-wall CAVE system that combines immersive, 3D projection with an active motion base.
An existing dark ride design to be playtested and redesigned.
A custom-made show control system and DMX lighting setup.
The Manor
A Ghostbusters-inspired comedy-horror dark ride, where you are trained to find and release trapped ghosts and rescue an old manor. The goal of the project was to playtest an existing dark ride design, refine it based on our observations, and build the new version for the CMU Fall Festival.
Showcased at the 2025 CMU ETC Fall Festival.
ROLE
Experience Design, Environment Design
TOOLS
Unity, custom show control system
Space Provided
CAVE with moving floors and three 3D projection walls.
My Role
Designed the experience in a team of 5. Playtested with varying group dynamics and redesigned parts of the experience. Redid the environment layout based on our artist's design.
01
Playtesting
Playtested an existing dark ride project with 6 groups of varying dynamics. Documented findings and redesigned experience based on them.
02
Environment Redesign
Rearranged environment layout in Unity to match our artist, Melanie Danver's, new design.
Final Experience
You're a rookie ghostbuster, tasked with finding five glowing orbs hidden throughout a haunted manor and releasing ghosts trapped in each zone by solving a cooperative puzzle.
Voice Acting: Aidan Terry
