Dream Tape - Project Director/Game Designer

Dream Tape is a psychological, atmospheric horror game that puts the player inside strange and bizarre situations. Each episode explores a different kind of horror, offering a unique experience for each tape.

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Dream tape | Unity

ROLES:

Project director / Lead modeler / Game designer / Narrative designer / Assist programmer

SOFTWARE: Unity

TEAM SIZE; 5 People(2 semesters), 8 People(1 semester)

DEVELOPMENT TIME: 3 Semesters, ~a year

PLATFORM: PC

AVERAGE PLAYTIME: 10-20 Minutes

YEAR: 2022

GENRE: Horror

DOWNLOAD LINK

itch.io

This project is the continuation of the Beautiful Garden project. The game's system has been recreated and expanded to support many new mechanics. The player will be presented with many episodes, each with its own theme and mechanics. The core pillars of the game are Psychological horror, discovery, and episode uniqueness.

Due to the shortage of people in the project in the early to mid stages of the creation, most of the members assumed many roles in the project.

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Responsibility

Project Director

• Manage and distribute the workload to the team members.

• Communicate with members and make sure that they're all on the same page.

Lead Modeler

• Distribute the modeling work to the assigned members.

• Maintain the visual and theme of the models in the game.

• Modeling of the building and props in the modeling software and game engine.

Game Designer

• Assist in the design direction of the game

Narrative Designer

• Manage the flow of the story while maintaining the design principle to go along with the narrative flow of the game.

Programmer

• User Interface programmer.

• Basic gameplay mechanic.

• Assisting in the supporting mechanic in the game.

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End Result Gameplay

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Retrospective

Challenges

Due to the shortage of members and all of us being game designers, most of us took and work in many positions simultaneously, this led to many problems such as overworking or the lack of UX QA which cause a lot of gameplay issues later in the project.

What did I receive

• Team Directing: In this project, I have learned how to manage a small-scale team and planned everything ahead into a schedule so that the members can follow along with the plan and know what to expect in the process.

• UX: Lacking User experience design can lead to the failure to understand the game of the player, players won't be able to follow along with what the designer planned if the experience is very frustrating and cannot lead the player to the designated path.