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Hymble Ventures

Hymble Ventures is a platforming action adventure game with some little puzzle elements inspired on the great saga Crash Bandicoot with a story based in neurodiversity topics.

The story narrated the adventures of Hymble, a kid with autism, who has to explore and go beyond his village frontiers on a mission, realizing that the can overtake his own barriers, personal and social.

In this game (in which I worked as a Freelancer) I was in charge of designing the first two levels, including the tutorial, participating also in the general Game and Narrative Design and production

Genre: Action-Adventure, Platforms, Puzzles

Engine: Unity

Roles: Game Designer, Level Designer, Narrative Designer

Platform: PC

Team Size: 4

Duration: 5 months

Roles & Responsibilities

GAME DESIGN

Participated designing the initial mechanics used on the tutorial and first levels

Iterated on the 3 C's (Character, Controls, Camera)

Scripted and iterated on some tutorial new gameplay features using C#

Participated in the early organization and production of the game

LEVEL DESIGN

Designed, blocked-out and iterated on the first two game levels with platforming and puzzle elements adding also some verticality on the Level Design

Integrated the tutorial in the Level Design paying special attention to the organic learning of the mechanics

Integrated the main narrative elements into the Level Design

NARRATIVE DESIGN

Worked as Narrative Designer, participating in the main story outlines and some characters backgrounds, envolving neurodiversity topics

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Project's overview