Dinner and a Heist

The Premise

When your charismatic criminal associate don't show up to the robbery, it's up to you, the hacker, to treat the bank manager to a romantic dinner while simultaneously cracking into security systems to get your team in and out undetected! Practice your personal skills along with your puzzle solving in this point-and-click dating sim hybrid, developed by our team of 6 over the course of 2 school semesters.

Sound Designer
- Implemented all game audio
- Created original SFX
- Communicated with outsourced musician for original music
Telemetry Manager
- Implemented internal data collection system for greater playtesting feedback
Puzzle Designer
- Created early puzzle concepts
- Worked alongside narrative team to align dialogue and puzzle solutions
Technical Writer
- Project documentation

My Roles

My Responsibilities

Game Vision / Design Pillars
- Referred back to our core game vision to align our tasks with our goals
Documentation Editing
- Reviewed and edited team documentation for consistency between writers

Challenges Faced

Dramatic project direction changes late in preproduction based on feedback we received
- Overcame by reevaluating the core ideas our game was built on and pivoting our theme to better align with them
Inconsistent schedule due to other courses
- Overcame by keeping a flexible but organized development roadmap and being understanding of each team member's situations

Skills / Knowledge Gained

Technical writing abilities
Experience with internal data collection systems
Experience working on a long term team project with a preproduction phase
Experience with project organization tools (Jira)

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