Armed only with a hacking device, you will will have to sneak your way deep inside the core of an abandoned underground mining factory, taken over by a defecting AI.
Project Specifics
Team Size: 14 developers
Development: 16 weeks
Engine: Unreal Engine
Genre: Stealth
Store: Itch.io
Release: June 2020
Platform: PC
Main Features:
- Combat-less & Stealth gameplay.
- Minimal and immersive UI.
- Hack device that lets you interact with the environment in multiple ways.
- Dynamic Soundtrack that changes based on the intensity of the action.
My Role(s):
- UI/UX Designer
UI/Ux Design and Implementation
- Designed and implemented all the UI menus and UI- related features of the game, including:
- Main Menu & its 3D Scene.
- Cinematic Credits Menu.
- Video, Audio & Control Settings.
- Save system for Video, Audio & Control Settings.
- Pause Menu.
- Death Menu.
- Loading Screen with dynamic backgrounds and “hints” system.
- Save & Load Game Menu.
- UI animations.
- Implemented additional features to enhance player’s experience throughout the game:
- Flashing Health on damage taken.
- Screen Shake on damage taken.
- Custom Objective/Distance Marker.
- Detection Meter.
- Saving & Saved Game dynamic notifications.
- Created custom icons for:
- Objective/Distance Marker.
- Detection Meter.
- Used UMG (Unreal Motion Graphics) UI Designer and Unreal Blueprints to implement all the UI widgets, effects and animations.
- Used GIMP & Inkscape to create custom icons, backgrounds and effects.
- Used Adobe Xd to design layout & functionality of the menus prior to their implementation.
Results:
- Since I was the one responsible for design, art and implementation of the entire UI, I chose to adopt a minimalistic style. This, together with a well-planned prioritization, helped me to create a consistent style across the board and so being able to deliver all the required features in time.
Wireframe to in-engine implementation example
Case Study on Stealth Game Players
- Player Persona on the relationship between the Stealth genre and its players.
- Player’s Journey visualizing the player experience on a Stealth game.
- Studied different Motivational Models in order to create a survey to gather data on players who enjoy playing Stealth games.
- In order to gather data for Player’s Persona & Journey, I created and shared a survey on stealth game communities that gathered 700+ responses in a couple of days.
- Used Powerpoint to create the layout for both documents.
Results:
- Both documents helped the entire team to tailor the game experience around a specific end-user.
- We were able to create a mailing list from those who participated in the survey, in order to create a community able to playtest early versions/prototypes of the project.
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