Entertainment Technology student, aspiring Experience Designer
Building a world for the ETC festival, with a focus on maximising throughput and aiming for multiplayer experiences.
2-player asymmetric game where the human and the forest spirit have different abilities, and can see and interact with different entities.
The human can move physical obstacles. The spirit can talk to the ghost. The human can read. The players must communicate to solve the puzzles.
Unity Engine, Xbox controllers for each player.
Joy Lim, Sharon Liu, Winnie Tsai
UI appears based on range of player within a region
UI for communication with ghost - player cannot decipher the whole request
Conversation between characters visible only on their respective screens - makes players talk to eachother to complete tasks
Alt text: Sprit cannot move the rock. The spirit player sees the "That's too heavy for me to move." dialogue. The human sees only the "Hmm, maybe I can move this." line. Works as a standalone line for the human player too.
The spirit can talk to the ghost. The human can read. The players must communicate to solve the puzzles.
Human view and Spirit view
Red(flower + mushroom)!!
When the task (red flower + red mushroom) is complete, the ghost animation and UI changes, and the light bridge is now accessible to players.
Each player's screen fades to white slowly, after they enter the light bridge and fall into an abyss.
This was the end of our interim game and was meant to feel complete. We later added more tasks between the ghost's first request and the final fadeout escape.
Effect at start of page recreated on character assets from the Unity Asset Store.
Character 3D Model
by: Dungeon
Mason
Link to character asset: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/humanoids/rpg-tiny-hero-duo-pbr-polyart-225148
Gifs are from original BVW game.
Character, environment, and UI elements created by our artist: Joy Lim
A lost human and a forest spirit must work together to navigate an enchanted land and serve a ghost's requests. The two complement eachothers' abilities, and are navigating a winding backstory of long-lost memories. However, when the ghost's final request is for the human themselves, they find themselves caught in a deadly chase.
We were tasked to build an experience for the annual ETC festival showcasing students' BVW rounds. The objectives were to create an experience with a good throughput, that can be enjoyed by multiple players and is a short experience.
Our world explored a fantasy land and the story of a human and a spirit, both with different abilities in the world, and who can see and understand different things, navigating a journey of escaping a ghost.
I was a programmer and producer, and also worked as a technical artist, creating trail and glitch shaders that fit the world, and fade-out effects. I also worked as the UI programmer for the interim round, setting up the range, placement, and timing of UI elements.
