LOCKED AWAY�Technology Workshop Game Project

Team info

Banana team!

Ann Bernevega Producer, programmer

Neea Säilä Programmer, VR

Shi Boxu Sound Designer

Veera Mäkelä 2D and 3D artist

Veera Valli 2D and 3D artist

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Project Overview

Genre and Style

• Single-player escape room game;
• Low resolution vintage style.

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Core Concept

Players must interact with the room, find all�the puzzles and solve them successfully.

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Story and Setting

• The main character was kidnapped and has �to solve all of the kidnapper’s puzzles�in 5 minutes to escape.
• The game is set in a dark, old basement.�The atmosphere is daunting.

Core Mechanics

• Use [F] to pick up, drop and interact with objects;
• Use the mouse to move the objects.

Target Audience

• Ideal for escape rooms and puzzle enthusiasts.
• Not suitable for little children, 6+.

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Technology

• Developed in Unity for PC;
• VR support in the future.

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Development process

Neea Säilä

What I did?

I was tasked with figuring out how to make the game work in VrChat.

This ended up being more difficult than expected, at least with the knowledge I have.

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What I would do differently?

I would have started with making it immedietly as either just first person 3D game or just Vrchat as it was difficult to figure out a way to change things to work in VrChat from its original state.

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Neea Säilä

Tasks

As I mentioned in the previous slide, it was much more difficult to make the game work in VrChat and because of this, I changed the puzzles a bit.

One example being that player finds a stick that they can use to empty the bathtub and that way they can get access to the radio piece.

Neea Säilä

Some Udon Graphs

Teleport

Play animation

Shi Boxu

What I did？

• Soundtrack style selection and inspiration.
• Soundtrack, menu music.
• In-game sound effects.
• Radio channel content.
• Dialogue and character voice lines.

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https://www.zapsplat.com/sound-effect-categories/

AI Voice Generator: Realistic Text to Speech and AI Voiceover | PlayHT

https://soundation.com

Challenges

• Add emotional expression to character voices.
• Chord Creation.

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What I learned？

• Familiar with the features and drawbacks of different audio software.
• Improved team communication to adjust audio style.

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Shi Boxu

Veera Mäkelä

Moodboard

3D models

• Basement
• Items and furniture

Menu background

Veera Mäkelä

What I learned?

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Process of making a game

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Blender

• 3D models
• Textures

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3D models

• Radio
• Table
• Bed & bed sheets
• Paintings & frames

Veera Valli

Veera Valli

Win and lose screens.

Veera Valli

What went well

• Making low-poly models look good.

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What could have gone better

• Time management.

What did I do?

• Team Leading (giving tasks in Trello, bossing everyone around);
• Programming;
• All the Unity Work;
• GitHub managment;
• Progress tracking;
• Compiling everything together.

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Ann Bernevega

What went well and what could have gone better?

Ann Bernevega

What did I learn?

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• Being a leader is hard but rewarding;
• Working with passionate people is the best thing�about game developing;
• Programming is confusing, sometimes annoying and �interesting. It gives a great satisfying feeling�when things finally work as how they are supposed to;
• No need to do everything myself and burn out.

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Ann Bernevega