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08/2023

Sun Seeker


Team
Bonnie Harris-Lowe, Ayla Derrick, Bailey Vaughan, Shanny Goldschmid, Jenny Sherwood, Juniper Rioux

Look and Feel
Stylized wasteland, with an overgrown planet and abandoned city. The land is hazy, masks are necessary, any existing life is mutated. Chill with some moments of action and emotion.

Players
1 player. Players 16+ who enjoy narrative driven walking simulators on a desktop computer.

Platform
Twine

Summary
A text-based narrative adventure played with mouse or keyboard on Desktop browser with illustrations, pixel-art, sound effects,and sound scapes.

Participated in a 48 hour game jam through Women Game Jam 2023 with the theme of “Shifting Perspectives”.  


TLDR;
I led the project management, UX Design, and implemented designs in Twitch (CSS). I also collaborated as a game designer alongside the team, created the GDD and conducted theme research, defined accessibility requirements for MVP, QA before launch, and managed the Github repository.

︎ Play now on itch

Game design doc for Sun Seeker listing the team, abstract, overview, look and feel, controls, players, gameplay, scope, levels, art assets needed, artifact scenes, accessibility requirements, ux asset, and winning and losing conditions.

Presentation deck for a 3 minute pitch with a description of the game "Follow an unseen protagonist on an evocative odyssey through a climate-ravaged Earth, engaging with relics that breathe life into forgotten narratives. Will there be any signs of hope? " Target audience "Players 16+ who enjoy narrative driven walking simulators on a desktop computer. Players may be working in climate, a student, or someone interested in how they can have impact; They have values that climate is important. Primarily our players may live in the Canada and the United States until we can localize content as the game is in English." look and feel "Stylized wasteland, with an overgrown planet and abandoned city. The land is hazy, masks are necessary, any existing life is mutated. The land is full of junk, metal, plastic, heaps of garbage and the world has little flora and brutal fauna. " and the team. Sun Seeker on itch.io Game loop of Sun Seeker starting with moving through environment, finding items, move through memory scenes and keep moving forward. Game assets for Sun Seeker including color palette, banner, logo, and favicon