My contribution

• Game System Design
  I lead the development of the main premise: helping little NPCs to reach their goals in VR by utilising a board. For this I paid a lot of attention to what each team member could do and shaped the project vision around our potential.
• Level/Puzzle Design
  I was responsible for creating the different puzzles and challenges in the game and assembling the level from them. Very early on I created a blocked out version of the level with all puzzles in place (see image reel). As soon as the most basic VR setup was done, we tested the level in VR to enable me to further iterate. As the usage of the board was the most constraining factor in this project I started my design process there. I collected ways a board could be used in VR (like hitting things, shielding from things, building bridges or connections, …). The second most constraining element was the space available. We did not plan to implement a movement system, so the one VR space we had was all I could work with. I used both limitations as inputs and created different puzzles and interactions. I collected feedback on how good they work and feel and kept iterating on the best ones. Finally I layouted them along the walls of the VR room. I tried to use all of the available space as good as possible without making the scene feel crowded.
  
• Programming
  I was one of the two main programmers on this project. I handled the VR setup, implemented sound and animations, created individual logic for each puzzle and reusable components such as buttons which react to the board.