game & interaction design based in Berlin
currently freelancing in
cross media gamified
theater productions
game & interaction design based in Berlin
currently freelancing in
cross media gamified
theater productions
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My Role:
During production, I led the development team, helped code the core mechanics, found and implemented tech art solutions, and eventually created the final builds and released them to the App Store and Play Store.
In the Rakete Jetzt! children's club at the GRIPS Theatre Berlin, children between the ages of 9 and 12 playfully explore topics from their everyday lives and gradually develop a play. The GRIPS Theatre had already published a theatre/game hybrid called LEVEL FEAR in 2021 and now wanted to create another digital production, for which I was brought in as Game Design Lead. The aim was to become more interactive with this production and to work together not only on a technological level, but also in terms of game and narrative design.
My Role:
During production, I led the development team, helped code the core mechanics, found and implemented tech art solutions, and eventually created the final builds and released them to the App Store and Play Store.
Team:
Direction
Project Management
Direction
Game Design Lead
Programming
Game Development
Programming Lead
Game Development
Programming
Game Development
Programming
Programming
Tech Art
Concept Art
Illustration
UI Design
UX Design
3D Art
Texturing
3D Art
3D Art
3D Art
3D Animation
3D Art
3D Animation
3D Animation
Sound Design
Result:
As mentioned above, the game's AR mechanics were tested for their suitability to the narrative themes and appropriate gameplay loops. The scaling of the AR scenes, as well as the type of interaction and input accepted, played a central role. The result was mechanics that build on the natural exploratory properties of an AR experience and combine them with the non-linear storytelling of an investigative detective story.
To haptically anchor this story in the analogue world, we decided to use a fold-out map with multiple hidden markers. Each of these markers loads an AR scene that can be explored. As the player finds clues or witnesses, they can capture them using a camera function to advance the story. The story of Marshmallow Mystery is set in a holiday camp where mysterious things are happening. The starting point was an exploration of the topic of secrets. The Rakete Jetzt! children asked themselves why people's privacy is such a precious commodity, what threatens it and when intruding on it can be justified. Together they developed a story about big secrets, revealing them and protecting them.
Project Management, Direction
Game Design Lead, Programming
Game Development, Programming Lead
Game Development, Programming
Game Development, Programming
Programming, Tech Art
Concept Art, Illustration,
UI Design, UX Design
3D Art, Texturing
3D Art
3D Art
3D Art, 3D Animation
3D Art, 3D Animation
3D Animation
Sound Design
To haptically anchor this story in the analogue world, we decided to use a fold-out map with multiple hidden markers. Each of these markers loads an AR scene that can be explored. As the player finds clues or witnesses, they can capture them using a camera function to advance the story. The story of Marshmallow Mystery is set in a holiday camp where mysterious things are happening. The starting point was an exploration of the topic of secrets. The Rakete Jetzt! children asked themselves why people's privacy is such a precious commodity, what threatens it and when intruding on it can be justified. Together they developed a story about big secrets, revealing them and protecting them.
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