Space A-Head was a Non-euchlidean VR Game in which the levels were designed to have impossible shapes, allowing the player to walk around in their playspace without ever hitting a wall in real life.
Sadly this project got scrapped due to a lack of programmers and artists.
Roles: Level Designer, Game Designer & Narrative Designer
Project duration: Sept 2020 - Feb 2021 (16 weeks)
Team Size: 12 devs
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
For this project Non-Euclidean spaces and 1-on-1 movement were requirements for level design. As one of two level designers I worked on facilitating these restrictions within our levels. As level designer on this project I worked on:
Researching VR- and Non-Euclidean Level Design
Outlining best practices in Level Design Bible
Creating a modular set of building blocks
Outlining optimal division of limited play space
Creating sketch tool to speed up sketching
Narrative design was the second role I took on and eventually functioned as lead narrative designer on this project. As narrative designer I created a comedic story overview. To achieve this I:
Researched how other games present their story to the player
Outlined the game's worldbuilding
Created characters by defining their goals and motivations
Creating and iterating on Beatmap overview and outlining the game's progression into different acts and areas
When making the initial prove of concept I worked on creating fun and engaging puzzles utilizing the unique features found in VR. To do this I:
Research puzzles in video games
Research Logic puzzles in real life
Making a feature breakdown for a simple cog puzzle
Creating a puzzle scenario for proof of concept
