Nicolas Leal - Game Designer
Mother is a systemic construction and management simulation, inspired by games such as Dwarf Fortress or Rimworld, in which the player must lead the children to a habitable planet, with "story-generator" elements that rhythm his adventure. Inspired by "The Sims" and "RimWorld", Mother is an atypical but very interesting project that I have been working on.
Role : Game Designer
Worked on the system design
In charge of game design and related documents
Was the project manager
Balanced systems to ensure that everyone work properly together
Mother was my final year project at Aries, my game design school. We worked in a group with two other designers and programmers, a QA tester, and five game artists.
This game was for us a way to experiment with mechanics that we found interesting. We have worked a lot on the systems to make sure we had a coherent and consistent game. In addition, we have added an AI to our management mechanics that behaves like a child. So, we had to design the reactions of this AI to make the game as fun and deep as possible.
Skill used :
Rational Game Design
Flowcharts
Gameplay Loops
Difficulty Curve
Visio
Photoshop
Office
Quest Design
Rubberbanding
Signs & Feedbacks
Iteration Cycles
Unity
UI/UX Design
Design Docs
