Game Portfolio

(2024) Heart's Depth - DEMOWriting, production, programming

When June Finch returns to her childhood vacation home to visit her grandfather, her past comes up to meet her in unexpected, terrifyingly aquatic ways. As protagonist, you are confronted with the dark reality hidden beneath the depths.

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• The Process

• Created for the 2024 Otome and Josei Game Jams
  

• Worked with another writer to produce 6000~ words and plan future narrative in three months
  

• Managed a team of 6 artists to create sprites, backgrounds, and UI
  

• Worked with another coder to program in Ren'py
  

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(2024) Comedy Equals Tragedy Plus TimeWriting, production, programming

You're an average office worker who found herself whisked away to a fantasy land by the goddess Comedy. Now dressed as a clown, can you free the townspeople from Misery?

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• Created for the 2024 ICT Game Jam
  

• Worked with another writer to produce 3500~ words in three days
  

• Worked with artists to produce character sprites and composer to create music
  

• Coded in Ren'py
  

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(2023) Howdy, Pardner!Writing, production, programming

When your stagecoach is set upon by a pretty outlaw, your dream to rob the bank and finally escape Crimestead is finally within reach! And maybe you'll even win the outlaw's heart?

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• Created for the 2023 Media Arts Jam
  

• Wrote 2400~ words in two days
  

• Worked with an artist to produce character sprites
  

• Coded in Ren'py
  

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(2023) deMona Dating dSimWriting, production, programming

You're a normal human with a crush on a demon. Make choices and learn about Mona, a demoness with a penchant for mischief and turning people into cats. Can you win Mona's heart and make her your girlfriend? Or will you get turned into a cat like all the rest?

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• Wrote 7000~ words in one month
  

• Worked with an artist to produce character sprites
  

• Coded in Ren'py
  

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(2022) A Very Paco HalloweenWriting, programming, art

It's the yearly Halloween party, and your friends have decided to all dress up as your mutual friend Paco! Choose your own costume as you debate the answer to the question: who has the best Paco cosplay?

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• Created for the 2022 Spooktober Visual Novel Jam
  

• Wrote 6000~ words in one month
  

• Coded in Ren'py
  

• Created sprites and background art

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Asymptote Games

(2022) Apel's AdventuresProduction, some graphics

Apel is an apple in search of a gift for their mother tree.
Collect apple seeds as you run and jump around in this platformer!

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• Worked as a producer to ensure team stayed on task
  

• Created some UI elements

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The Process of making Heart's Depth has been an incredible learning experience for me as a game developer. As my largest-scale project to date, it's gone from a simple game jam demo to something greater than I could have ever imagined it to be.

As a director, a writer, and a coder, I've had my hands everywhere in this project, and I could not be happier to have been a part of bringing this project to life.

• It all started with a game jam...

The original concept stemmed from director Alibunn's suggestion that we make a deep sea creature otome. From there, I put together some of my ideas for what could happen, drawing inspiration from The Little Mermaid and Cinderella Phenomenon. Code-named "Deep Sea Otome", we started to get to work on writing what might happen in this world of mermaids and humans.This, of course, spiraled into a ten-page document filled with snippets and ideas that eventually got refined into what the game is today.

Building the Story:
The idea was simple: girl goes out to sea, gets dragged into the water, and becomes a mermaid so she can date hot mermaid men. And thus, our protagonist girl, an evil sea witch, an emo mermaid prince, and the royal advisor were born.From the start, we knew the prince would be a pivotal character, and so he got developed the most in our early documents. We needed someone who could be the moon to the protagonist's sun, and a natural foil for the cheery photographer was a colder royal with a tragic past. For him, Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender and Dimitri Blaiddyd from Fire Emblem: Three Houses were the primary inspirations. Our prince would turn into Prince Thioran, heir to the throne with no love for humans.Once we had a general direction, the research began. I looked into other games like what we were planning to make, and I was shocked to see there really weren't many mermaid games out there, and even fewer mermaid otome games.

Building the Team:
Our team started out with quite a few people, actually. I was surprised at how many of my friends were willing to join the team and help make this game come to life. From the start, we had a team of ELEVEN artists, writers, coders, and voice actors. Though we didn't keep everyone from the initial sign-up, today our team is still going strong with FOURTEEN members and growing.Managing that many people is a challenge I've never had to face before, but I've been able to learn from my team and continue improving on how we approach the game. Task lists, spreadsheets, and frequent meetings have been the most successful strategies I've applied to Heart's Depth.