Dead Calm was my Game Design Master graduation project inspired by Samuel Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" where the player had to embark on a paper theatre-like world to save lost souls.

After graduation, I started developing it with some friends and it eventually became The Anchor, a 3D VR action game where the player had to face shadows in the role of a Lost Mariner to enlighten the world once more. 

It was a hybrid between Ratchet & Clanck, Kingdom Hearts and Moss where the player could control both the Mariner and giant Human-like Statues to fight Shadow Creature and use the Anchor to activate platforms and solve puzzles.

I was in charge of the Design department, creating all the core mechanics, pre-production documentation and participating in the Art Direction of the game.

The Anchor was the first attempt of two different studios at creating a commercial game but the lack of experience and resources was our biggest obstacle and failure cause. 

It didn't get all wasted thought since I've learned how to manage expectations, set a scope and it strengthened my Leadership and Design skills.