Home By 7

Duration: 8 Weeks 

Observational Horror

What is Home By 7?

Home By 7 was a small group project to create an Observational Horror game. I used this as an opportunity to further develop some of my other skills.

Project Goals:

Create a 7 level structure with a win/reset mechanic and multi tiered anomaly system.

What did I work on?

I chose to further develop my skills in UI and Audio for this project,  researching trend norms and applying my own research. As well as a focus on these two areas I also had a large influence over the projects; scope, refinement and hinted narrative - that was mostly cut during playtesting.

What did I learn from this project?

• An understanding of the MetaSounds system in Unreal.
• Triggering audio driven events on cue - this was abandoned for static audio.
• Furthered my User Interface design skills and improved my implementation efficiency.
• Implementation of settings in a player User-Interface giving more customisation and player-choice.