Protect the Meeper
Protect the Meeper
What's My Title?
What's Vitality?
In Vitality, you play as a ghost cat that's trying to get back home. Ride a maze of power lines through a cyberpunk city to reach nearby satellite dishes—maybe someday you'll find one that's powerful enough to launch you back home. The game's key feature is its flowy, zen-like mechanics: ride the wires, pick up speed to make huge jumps, and avoid obstacles.
Project Overview
Game Details
- Game built for: Global Game Jam
- Genre: Meditative rails-rider indie game
- Platform: PC
- Game Engine: Unity
- My roles: Game designer · Environment artist · UX Programmer
Logistics Breakdown
- Year: 2018
- Project Duration: 3 days
- Team size: 3
Gameplay
If you reach the end of one of the wires, you'll be propelled off into space.
If you fall onto a wire, it will catch you and send you riding in a new direction.
Avoid the red-colored hazards scattered around the city. If you hit one, the level restarts.
If you reach the end of one of the wires, you'll be propelled off into space.
Process
My contributions
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Worked with team to develop initial pitch + mechanic
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Gathered and pitched reference to set mood of the game
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Designed several sets of background pieces and props to populate the levels
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Implemented several of the base systems for the intro screen, level selection, audio events, player-triggered events, etc.
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Worked with Patrick to get him the art assets he needed to flesh out the levels and visual effects
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Created art for and implemented several key gameplay elements like the satellites, TV keys, wire terminals, obstacles, etc.
Early mood boards I put together to help us nail down a gamefeel + aesthetic
Showing the Game
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Showcased the game with the team at the end of the Global Game Jam
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Players tended to stick around to play until the end of the game (~30 minutes of gameplay over five increasingly difficult levels)
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Won Judges Choice award
Background elements, props, and set pieces I built to populate the levels
Showcasing the game at the end of Global Game Jam
Vitality won the Pittsburgh Judges' Choice Award