April-May 2020
Collaborators | Yeji Kwon and Ganjina Oripova
A virtual reality experience inspired by the twin cities of Valdrada from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, Reflections introduces you to a neighborhood where all is not what is seems. Hints of unrest appear as you speak with the local residents, and when night falls, you find yourself face-to-face with the town’s secrets. A cheerful peasant lives with depression. A busy wife cheats on her yearning husband. Virtuous rulers exploit their people. An angry witch knows all yet is powerless to prevent it. A loyal servant murders an outsider. You witness everything, yet when daylight returns, no one remembers you.
Contribution
During this collaboration, I focused on scripting the mechanics of the experience:
- contributed to ideation and brainstorming
- scripted NPC movement patterns, player-NPC interactions, and narrative progress
- modeled and built the dialogue panel based on Mike Lager’s recommendations for comfortable relative locations for VR UI
- scripted sound and animation systems
Process
