Matthieu Sablier - Portfolio - ArthroCoach (2016)

Platform:

PC, Android tablets, Kinect

Tools Used:

Unity, Kinect, Photoshop

Duration:

6 months

Team Size:

Role:

Freelance game designer

I've worked as a freelancer on several projects with NaturalPad, a company specialized in therapeutic and rehabilitation games (physio gaming) set in Montpellier.

The most polished one was a collection of games meant for the rehabilitation of damaged knees.

I had a great time working on these projects as I had to adapt my mindset to the therapeutic purpose of the games while making the concepts as fun and easy to play as possible.

ARTHROCOACH

The second project I worked on was ArthroCoach, a collection of several Kinect games meant to be used by physiotherapist and played by patients who need knee rehabilitation. We created six games with very different gameplays.

I came up with the idea of having players assume the role of Dangerous Jones, an adventurer and a hotshot, whose missions are as risky as they are varied.

All levels are procedurally generated to fit with different difficulty levels, set by the physiotherapist.

My duties on this project were to :

Design each games concept with their briefing, UI and balancing
Produce documents and mockups for the team

In this underwater game the player has to execute "pistols", standing on one leg and moving up and down, to make Jones dive downward in order to evade the various dangerous elements placed in the cave he's swimming in. The purpose of this exercise is to rehabilitate the legs muscles around the knee.

In this ghost catching game the player has to move a wagon fitted with a ghost trap similar to the one seen in Ghostbusters. The player has a rubber band around her legs and moves horizontally to move the wagon. Ghosts appear from the bottom of the screen and try to escape by going to the top in an inversed Space Invader movement pattern. The "GhostBox" can trap several ghosts at a time so the players has to choose which column of ghosts is the most urgent to catch. The purpose of this exercise is to rehabilitate the knee external rotation.

In this rodeo game set in two repeating phases during which the player has to grab the bull by squeezing her legs on a rubber ball placed between her knees but also to calm the beast when it is tired by petting it with her hand. The purpose of this exercise is to rehabilitate the knee internal rotation.

In this game the player controls the boosters of a space rocket by squeezing her knee against her torso for as long as she can, as it is a race : the more you hold the movement, the more points she gets. The rocket goes from takeoff on earth to the stratosphere and the to outer space, in a very beautiful trip. The purpose of this exercise is to rehabilitate the quadriceps muscles.

In this game the player controls Jones as he's flying downhill in a wingsuit. With a leg placed on a box to keep it straight, she has to move her arm vertically to make jones fly in the arm's direction and to get as many flying coins as possible. If she retracts her leg off the box, Jones looses his balance and falls to the ground. The purpose of this exercise is to rehabilitate the leg stretching muscles.

In this driving game the players controls a sport car driving on the highway. Standing on one leg, she has to tilt her torso while keeping balance to change lanes and evde the other cars as they go much slower than Jone's car. The purpose of this exercise is to rehabilitate balance and knee strength.