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A TYPOGRAPHY JOURNEY : LIFE

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

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MY RESPONSIBILITIES​

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  • High level concept and feature planning.

  • Gameplay design deriving player and ingredient mechanics.

  • Narrative design covering universe, art, and gameplay.

  • Level design accounting for progression throughout the game.

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WHAT MAKES THE PROJECT UNIQUE?

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  • The journey of the character.

  • The universe and its aesthetics.

  • High level concept execution.

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GAME SCREENSHOTS

ROLE
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TAGS                     
VIEW                       
PLAYERS                   
ENGINE                   
PLATFORM    
TEAM MEMBERS                
DURATION
CALENDER
Game Design, Level Design, and Narrative Design
Platformer, Art Game
2D Side-scroller
Singleplayer
Construct 2D
PC
4             
5 Days
2016 March

'A Typographic Journey: Life' is a side scrolling platformer set inside a universe made up of words and letters using the alphabets of English language. The world itself is a narrative typography, where the players would be taken through the typical journey of an average human being from their childhood to their old-age.

 

The project was made as a part of an 'intensive week' session and has been completed in 1 week in our University.

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The player takes control of the character of the letter "I", which symbolizes an average human. Controlling the character, the player must go through the narrative story while traversing through the obstacles created by the typographic universe to progress through the life of the character (an average human).

MY EXPERIENCE

DEPENDENCIES

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Gameplay Design

Game Ingredients

Narrative Universe

Progression Design

Level Design

Game Art

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TOOLS

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Word

Construct 2D

Photoshop

The concept was based around the journey of the main character (the letter “I”), with the surrounding aesthetic universe in play.

 

We as a team realizing and focusing on this fact, began with developing the character as in relevance to the value of “Human Life”. We wished to capture different emotions one faces while traveling on the difficult road called "life", where it’s ultimate destination is called "death".

 

But the universe and the character are not the only ones in play. We also wanted the gameplay to compliment the character's journey and so - our level design, art style, gameplay mechanics and the sound design represent the character current journey phase and emotion in life.

 

So for this project, on an overall - I worked on the level design, some game mechanics, and the story of the game. This project is more of an experience than a mechanical one.

PERSONAL COMMENTS

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WHAT WENT RIGHT?

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  • The execution of the project was really close to the high level concept envisioned.

  • The character's journey amptly displays different phases of life with appropriate gameplay experiences.

  • The font universe selected enhanced our direction for the game.

  • Followed smooth development process due to our clear work distribution.

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WHAT TO IMPROVE?

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  • The difficulty curve took a hit due to our artistic approach towards the project.

  • The font collisions could have been handled better for improved gameplay experience.

  • Few game breaking bugs are still remaining in the build.

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