MISSION CONTROL

(2018 Alpha)

ROLE

2D Artist

PLATFORM

PC | Arduino

ENGINE

Unity

TEAM SIZE

4 people

DEVELOPMENT TIME

4 months

Showcased at the Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo 2018
Selected as the sole representative of Sheridan College at the Colleges and Institutes Canada Symposium
Selected by Intel as one of five projects to showcase at Games Developer Conference (stream)

OVERVIEW

Mission Control is a partnered project with the York Regional Police and sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company.

The mission statement of the project is to:

"Create a positive, memorable experience between the police and youth in the community."

Thematically branded with the YRP's UNITED superhero to help spread UNITED values to youths.

To start, the project requires Agent ID cards equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) as a way to induct youths into the game. With the ID cards, they would be able to:

Signing into missions (mini-games)
Collecting power (points)
Returning power to HQ

CONTRIBUTIONS

Participated in daily scrums with multidisciplinary team
Designed various mini-games and built physical prototypes for design testing
Designed the main graphic of the NFC card to be printed and distributed to youths
Designed the UNITED logo to empathize community
Designed the overall art direction for the Headquarters menu and mini-games:
- Linked
- Get it
Developed UI animation and transitions
Optimized UI for efficiency
Playtested with target audience at the YRP headquarters