In this 3D cosy game for PC, players build up their own donut bakery. They learn to bake donuts, decorate them, sell them and then with the earned reward can upgrade their kitchen.

I love to bake in my free time so when I had to decide what to do for my graduation project I thought about the things I am passionate about and baking came to mind.

For this project I am not only the producer but also the director. My goal is to use this project to get back into learning more about the processes of each department. Enhancing my understanding of what each team member needs and how to improve the working environment. I am responsible for the scheduling, the task definition, the budget as well as the coordination of the team, while at the same time also designing the game mechanics, keeping the vision and making sure the game works in the scope that the team can produce.

“Once Upon A Conquest” is a bedtime story about The Overlord’s past told to his grandchildren. While the story of his wreaking havoc adventures is being told, you as the player bring destruction and death to the light-hearted kingdom. 

I was the producer of the 19-person team and responsible for task coordination, scheduling, planning, internal and external communication and the team well-being.

The biggest challenge was the short time frame in which the game was developed. With in six weeks the idea had to be developed, implemented and submitted. It was important to adapt the schedule and make sure that we used the teams abilities as efficient as possible. I had the pleasure to work with an amazing lead team that worked hard to make sure we had the best game possible while also having a good working environment. An aspect I really learned to appreciate during this project was how good it was to have QA as it’s own department. I got to learn a lot about the process of testing and saw how much the game profited from having a specific person being responsible for it.

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„Cosmoss is a 3D hide and seek multiplayer game which takes place in a world that is slowly dying. The only chance to save the population is to plant the last remaining seed of the tree of life in a new place. But the seed, a little creature, has a mind on it’s one and wants to plant wherever it seems nice. You either play the seed, and have to plant before you get caught, or the Guardian, who has to prevent the seed from planting.“

In this 14-people team we develop a film and a game taking place in the same world. I was the Co-Producer and mainly responsible for the game side of the production. My tasks included the task coordination, internal and external communication, coordinating the games prototype, asset production and budget planning. 

This project taught me a lot about the development of an IP and how to combine the production of a film and a game. The two production pipelines are different in their approach and posed challenges. But it was really good to learn how to the schedule and prioritise tasks in this environment.

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„Orpheus is a 3D puzzle single-player adventure game with stealth elements in which the main character must descend into the mystical underworld to rescue his true love, Eurydice.“

For this project I was the producer of a 21-person team. My tasks included the coordination and prioritisation of tasks together with the lead team. I prepared presentations, planned team events, edited the making-off video and managed the internal and external communication.

Up until this project (as it is very typical in student projects) everyone wore many different hats and usually was responsible for a variety of tasks. In this project everyone had  specific role and it really helped me to better understand the responsibilities of a producer. Also the size of the team was a challenge and required a lot more coordination. But it was really insightful on how to work with a lead team.

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“Na Kala” is a 3D single-player first person exploration game. The game is about a person who lives in a dreary black and white world. One day they finds a camera through which they can see colors again. The player’s task is to bring the colors back into the world by searching and recreatign photos from a long lost photo album.“

For this project I was the co-game director and co-producer of a 10-person team. I also worked as a 3D artist and environment artist in the project. My tasks included to set the vision for the game and created the game and level design as well as needed assets. Additional I coordinate and prioritise tasks, presented milestone deliverables to our supervisor and made sure the communication between the departments did run smoothly.

This was my first experience to lead a team creatively and carry the vision of a game. It was a very interesting to be in the push and pull of the creative vision and planning of the scope. I learned where to give in and where to rescope if necessary.

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„Have you always wanted to master all 4 elements from the well-known Avatar series? Then you’ve come to the right place! But only fire and in VR (virtual reality).“

This was the first game project I participated in. For this game I worked as a 3D environment artist. I created the big temple that the game took place in and also the intractable objects.

I really enjoyed getting to know the process of game development from the artist perspective. I learned a lot form the people leading the project and how they scheduled the tasks for the different departments. I learned how much I enjoy this kind of work and fun it is to work in a team where everyone is so passionate about the end product (Needless to mention that everyone was a huge Avatar – The last Airbender fan)

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