THe LIEUTENANT

I had the opportunity of designing and creating part of an interactive along with two colleagues, the audience being middle school students learning about mutualistic symbiosis. As Game Designer, I researched different examples of this type of relationship found in nature, and which might work best as a fun, challenging, and exciting game to play; I chose the relationship of the bullhorn acacia tree and acacia ant, and incorporated an epic narrative to help capture and motivate the audience based on documented successful game design. This project allowed me to gain experience in problem-solving to include important information concisely and interestingly, design a clean user interface, implement elements to create a certain mood and support the narrative, and how to best scaffold the gaming skills learned. My wonderful and talented colleagues Lisa Revette and Alexia Schill fulfilled the roles of Tech Producer and Artistic Director, respectively, to help produce a fine example of the first level in this game.

MEDIUM: Unity

YEAR: 2018