Overview: Monolith was made for the Jam-O-Drum, a rhythm-and-collaboration-focused device made by an Entertainment Technology Center Alumni (Tina Blaine) .
Roles: Game Designer / Artist
Personal Contributions: Contributed in design and iteration of story and world, playtested core gameplay mechanics, and modeled world-building assets in Maya and Blender.
Tasks:
Designed level and playspace for the phases of Monolith
Designed architecture, drum panels, and final boss
Wrote and voiced spoken narrative for final video
Platform: Jam-O-Drum | Team: 2 Programmers, 2 Artists, 1 Sound Designer | Time Frame: 2 Weeks | Engine: Unity 3D
World: Four tribes come together to build a monolith, but their want for more leads to a dangerous path…
Design Challenge: Design a game in two weeks that tells a story.
Design Goal: To tell a story about the fall of man.
Week 1:
Initial Concept Drawing
Final Phase Concept Image
Chance, our Sound Designer, came to us with a striking idea for the Jam-O-Drum. He wanted to design a world where by the end, guests were literally “black bagged” and taken away by authority. The guests would all build up a tower of some sort together, but eventually have it taken away from them, and eventually be killed by their own creation. We decided to split the world into two phases. Phase 1 would allow collaboration for the 4 Jam-O-Drum guests in a beautiful, green environment and mostly consist of the building. Phase 2 would be the gray, bleak Utopian environment brought forth by the players.
Assets:
Interim Feedback:
Week 2:
