The Lost Child
Role
Lead Game Designer
Level Designer
Project Coordinator
Sound Designer
Year
2021
Platform
PC
Genre
Visual Novel, Horror
Description
A 2D side-scrolling point-and-click adventure game. The game’s protagonist, Max was brought to the National Art Museum by his parents for a family trip. However, Max was too bored to stay still in the lobby and eventually wandered off to other parts of the museum to find some personal space to write.
Soon, he is lured by an Unknown Voice calling for help which leads him to one of the galleries. As he believes the voice is coming from one of the paintings, he reaches his hand out to it and then faints... Max is then pulled into an alternate version of the Museum where it is darker and grim, creatures lurking in the hallway and his parents nowhere to be found.
The unknown voice pleads for Max’s help to search for her belongings by interacting with objects found in the realm. Max can enter different parts of the Unknown Voice’s (later to be introduced as Ayu) memories, to collect the items and bring them back to the empty display cases found in her gallery.
She promises to free him if he collects all of them. As Max solves puzzles and collects more of her items, he can piece parts of her story together to find out how she was trapped in the museum...and whether she is the person she claims to be.
Experience
Lead Designer tasked designers in team on schedule. Manage the design team and guaranteed production timeline from different disciplines, organizing team exercises and building team cohesion.
Designing Map and Level for 2D side-scroller gameplay, working with programmer during implementing phase
Designing and implementing game mechanic to to fit the gameplay that the team wanted to be as propose experience
Ensure the experience and feedback follow the team vision by adjustments of lighting, sound in game and the game content.
Learning
Create a full content of a visual novel game even though 3 month is not enough to develop the full content. A full and great environment suit the theme of alternative Malaysia. Research the full detail of the character to build the gameplay along the story.
