Isolated

Point-And-Click Puzzle Mystery Narrative

You are a student at College of Ordinary where things aren't exactly... ordinary. One night, you receive a strange text message from your missing roommate, only to find yourself completely alone on campus. Explore the school, where the mystery lies in every turn, solve puzzles that are built into its very walls. What exactly is the truth behind this façade? Isolated is a point and click adventure game, set in a 2D isometric environment and featuring puzzle and mystery elements.

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Platform:

Custom-made by Team WDK

MY ROLES:

CO-LEAD DESIGNER

LEAD ARTIST

DUTIES:

Prototyping in Unity 3D

System Design

Puzzle Design

Gameplay Flow Design

Mechanic Design

Design Documentation

Art Documentation

Mentorship of Teammates

C# Scripting

Morale Encouragement

Character Creation

Team Conflict Management

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Documentation and Research

I was responsible for formal and informal design and art documentations throughout the whole project.

Documented dialogue scripts
Documented style guide
Documented informal backlog
Documented informal game project document
Documented, conducted playtest sessions and collated findings
Presentation slides
Research on how to use tilemap
Document Unity settings to use as a standard

The Aesthetic

I had the freedom of creating the characters based on the world of Isolated. From character expressions to environment, I had various tasks regarding art asset creation as we did not have a full-time artist. I also delved a little into the audio of the game.

Characters

Expression test
Character concepts
Character profile pictures
Digital painting

Environment and props

Digital painting
Designing some of the rooms and props

Theme Music

Melody composition

Puzzle Design

I researched and drafted puzzles to implement into the game. I had to also plan for the isometric perspective the game was in. A lot of inspiration was drawn from Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery (2019 game) published by Kiary Games.

Proposal Draft

Designed numerous puzzles to propose their implementations

Revamping to Suit Narrative

Selected and edited puzzles from the proposal list to plan their implementations

Prototypes in Unity 2D

I was in-charge of all scripting in Unity and setting up our work pipeline. A lot of research was put into sorting modes in Unity. One thing to note is that each puzzle I had designed would be a system of its on. That also means I had to script a special dedicated system for every one puzzle.

Object Interaction