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Demo Video

Project Info

Introduction

This is the Building Virtual Worlds Round 4 project, under the theme "story". In this project, we tell a story that focus on the connection between the grandparent and grandchildren. The players act as a boy who is going to study abroad. Before he leave, his grandma taught him how to cook the rice and the player also need to teach the grandma how to use video calls. Finally, when the boy arrived in the US, his grandma gave him a video call and the boy also showed his grandma he already learned how to cook rice.

Design

The story is adapted from our own story. And we put a lot of our personal emotions into this game. As an international student, even though I am thousands of miles away from home, I can still feel the connection with my family. Therefore, we decided to make a game about this connection. And we use teaching to show this connection. In our game, your grandma taught you how to cook rice, and you taught your grandma how to use the new technology. It is a balance. And it successfully makes the player feel relatable and touching.

My Contributions

• As a programmer, I was responsible for all the interactions in the apartment scene and all the interactions, the animation controller, the simulation of the water in cooking scene. I also implemented the whole flow of the game.
• As a designer, I designed all the interactions in the cooking scene and designed most of the dialog.