In this school project, we were asked to create a walking simulator. As we worked in pairs: one designer and one artist, the main constraint was to design a complete level that would seamlessly connect with the other team members’ rooms.
The room we created had to feature a specific mechanic, along with a unique environment supported by strong environmental storytelling.
The team chose a medieval setting with a blend of fantasy and horror elements.

Project role: Game Producer, Game Designer (room), Level Designer (room), Programmer (room)

Skill focus:

• Organizing tasks and adjusting the scope when needed.

• Collaborating closely with an artist and understanding the constraints of our respective roles.

• Designing a level flow that is engaging and enjoyable for players.

• Implementing a specific mechanic in C# without impacting other rooms in the level.

• Conveying strong environmental storytelling through level design, assets, lighting, and sound.

Room’s narration:
The player awakens in an abandoned cell. There is no sound around, only a faint light outside, cast by torches on the walls. As he leaves his cell, he discovers numerous others, gradually descending into darkness. While searching the area, he notices another torch, seemingly knocked from the wall by the corpse clutching it.
Taking the torch, a phrase painted in blood is revealed: “beware the dark”.

Now equipped, the player can delve deeper into the dungeon, uncovering more cells like his own. As he ventures further into this infernal prison, he eventually comes across a room dedicated to torture. Bloodstains bear witness to the horror of the scene, and the torturers’ tools remain: tables, chairs, pincers. It even seems that the victims’ bodies were thrown into a bottomless pit…
Despite what he has just witnessed, the player presses on and enters a more welcoming space… one that resembles a tavern.