Inspiration

Thesis

Upper Management is an interactive, horror story staring Tim, A mild-mannered office worker who has an epiphany that he is throwing away his life to something that will amount to nothing. This prompts him to impulsively quit. After quitting Tim goes into the office to collect his stuff, there Tim finds strange happenings.

• Tim. wears standard office clothes and khakis
• has two sisters, two nieces, and one nephew
• Billing manager at simple corp
• afraid of being forgotten
• went adventuring in the woods as a kid
• goes to the loudmouth every Friday at 8
• friends with Dave
• hates his job
• about to quit

Character

World Map

Opening Sequence

“I'm quitting”

Tim is given a blank stare.

“I don't feel this line of work is for me”

“Okay”

… He’d expected a bigger response from his department's manager but then again they'd easily be able to find another billing manager.

“So are you giving you two weeks' notice?”

“No, Sir. Just leaving.”

His manager furrows his brows a little

   To be fair it was unprofessional to leave without notice, but Tim’s well aware there's multiple people on the floor with a bachelor's degree and a few years of supervisory experience. Simple Corp would be fine without him.

   The manager grabs a box and places it in Tim’s hands

“Go pack up your office then”

   You can’t really call a 4x4 cubicle an office, but whatever it takes to keep the workers happy.

“I'm running late for something sir, may I take everything home tomorrow”

“As long as it's out by Monday. Place your keycard on my desk as well.”

Tim nods and exits the room, closing the door behind him. He leaves for the night, having made up his mnd he’ll grab everything tomorrow night. Maybe he’ll get some food to celebrate.

Eight Point Structure

Tim goes in to his old office to get his stuff. When he goes in he finds two co-workers and a friend dead

Tim tries to run but finds he is stuck. In a frenzy Tim is put in circumstance after circumstance which put his life at jeopardy

Tim is emailed by John, the demonic spirit of an ex-employee who was killed by the neglect of Upper Management. John then swears to not let Tim leave the the company, even if it means his death

Tim quits his desk job and plans to meet with a friend but they didn't show.

Tim survives the first onslaught of Johns anger. He then has to decide where he wats to hold up for the night. This will determine the rest of his story.

Tim then thinks back to his childhood and reflects on his lost adventurous spirit. This inspires Tim to try and take down John. Tim fails this mission but he still feels proud of his boldness

Tim-weathered and battered from the events of the office, Tim locks himself in his citadel and feels the wave of calm come over him.

Tim finally sees the sun come up on Monday and breaks through the fire exit of the fourth floor and breathes in the clean air, he is free

Key Events

Tim reaches out and spins Daves chair.

Tim's body goes cold, his feet turn to concrete. Dave's body was slunched over in his chair. His neck had been punctured with ten staples. Many of the staples had gone all the way through Dave's neck and were holding the front and back of Dave's neck together. The blood had turned Daves mustard shirt to a deep maroon

Project Work / Process

Final Images

Thesis

A Walk Down Oak Path recreates an area of Arnold Arboretum in virtual reality. To create the experience, we overlaid a visual effect on top of the original landscape of Oak Path. During the short journey along the path, each user witnesses dazzling animations that illustrate the disappearance of our natural landscapes. A Walk Down Oak Path enables the user to experience a piece of the Arboretum in a new way.

In the Eyes of the Animal

Northern Red Oak

• The tree is resistant to pollution and is decently hardy.
• Some of the acorns that this tree produces are eaten by wildlife.
• The Northern Red Oak grows fast, at 24" a year.

When we walked through the Arboretum, it was difficult to see the tags that identified the trees. Our original idea was to show people the names of trees were through VR. This would allow people to see the names of trees clearly.

Arboretum Visit

Sketch

Prototype 1

Project Timeline

Start of the project

First drone footage to point cloud test

Free model tree point cloud test

First path with working point cloud tree finished

First Co Spaces prototype finished

Took Arboretum drone footage

Converted drone footage into a point cloud

Made tree models in blender

Put trees into unreal with the path

Animated trees

Unreal Prototype

Point Clouds

3d Model

Drone Footage

Animation

Point Cloud Test

Unreal-VR Test

Point Cloud Path

Modeling our own Trees

Converting them into point clouds

Process of making a tree

Inspiration

Thesis

Clermont: A Murder Mystery is a murder mystery visual novel following a group of teens who are investigating the murder of a woman in their town. The game is made in Ren'py and all the art is created in Photoshop and Procreate.

Maize

Maize is the protagonist and player character of Murder Mystery. She's very smart and resourceful- Maize takes advantage of her environment by observing the people around her carefully.

Maize is accused of the murder, despite having not committed any crimes EVER. She's also an aspiring writer and spends her time working on a book or her poetry.

Eight Point Structure

1. Stasis

• You find the body of the victim

2. Trigger

• You become a suspect in the case.

3. The Quest

• You set out to prove your innocence.

4 . The Surprise

• The police tell you you're no longer a suspect but your friend is.

5 . Critical Choice

• You're asked if you will investigate by a friend of the victim's. (no will be a game end.)

6 . Climax

• You investigate the crime scene after the police have left.

7 . Reversal

• You accuse the murderer.

8 . Resolution

• The murderer is arrested and your name is cleared.

Opening Sequence

Maize, and Fleur are hauling halloween decor all around the houses in town. They’re almost done- they’ve reached the last house they needed to bring stuff too. The lights are on. When Fleur knocks on the door, she doesn’t get a response. 

FLEUR: The lights are on. Would Ms. Cranburry be asleep?

MAIZE: Maybe.. But it’s 3 pm. No one would sleep right now.. It’s way too late into the day. 

FLEUR: She leaves the back door open sometimes.. Let’s go check on her.

The two make their way into the back of Ms. Cranburry’s home, leaving their decorations at her front door. Maize feels worried about this situation. They open the back door.

FLEUR: Mr Cranburry? Hello? 

They peer into the house. No noise is heard, except for the humming of the heater. They make their way into the kitchen. On the floor of the kitchen, they discover Ms. Cranburry dead. She is covered in maggots and is decomposing. 

MAIZE: What the hell!- 

They leave the house quickly. Prologue en

Key Events

Text or Image

Text or Images

Mrs. Cranburry's Death

The Accusation

Project Work / Process

Text or Image

Text or Images

Coding

Script writing

Inspiration

Thesis

Saturday the 14th is about a group of friends doing a Halloween movie marathon that suddenly ends when the power goes out. With it being very late, and having nothing else to do, they decide to go to sleep, but no one is able. They then start hearing strange noises, friends disappear, and a hockey mask wearing man appears behind them, setting off a spiral of events.

Setting

World

Map

Story Structure

Intro

Trigger

Quest

Twist

Opening

Sequence

Key Events

• The power going out

• A menacing figure appearing out of no where

• Making the decision to run, fight, take out your phone, or sit still.

Final(ish) Images

Intention Statement

This open innovation I wanted to focus on exploring 3D modeling and printing, working with photography and visual communication, and improving the shop space to improve my skills in these areas to help contribute to the upcoming shop move.

Material use

Shop Improvements

Areas of focus

3D Modeling

Film

Material Use - Graphic Design

Material Use Poster in Context

3D Modeling

3D Modeling

3D Modeling

Shop Improvements

Shop Improvements

Precedents

Conflict

Tension

Chess

Experience (Rivalship)

Experience (Hardship over Aqua)

Project Statement

Expedition is a game about tension. Every single part of Expedition is designed to be as tense as possible, from placing down board pieces to obtaining chess pieces. The game incorporates elements from classic roguelikes, age-old drawing games like tic tac toe and dots & boxes, and chess. Expedition is just random enough to have exciting new strategy every match without being unfair.

Sketches

Prototype 1

Changes to make:

• The class system was unbalanced
• Board was too empty
• Sideboards were almost never touched throughout the game

Design Takeaways:

• Pieces were unbalanced
• Sideboards were detached from the game
• Not enough opportunities to obtain chess pieces

Prototype 2

Changes to make:

• Lots of new mechanics testing
• Implemented an upper platform system
• Teleporters were implemented
• Piece movement was fully decided

Design Takeaways:

• Board was too empty
• Not enough opportunities to obtain chess pieces
• Stencils barely changed the game

Changes to Make:

• Stencils were removed entirely and replaced with topography
• Bridges added to connect topography
• Teleporters removed

Design Takeaways:

• Having more than 2 layers made the game very complicated
• Bridges were nice to have, but having them as a separate piece introduced some complications
• Rooks did not need restriction

Prototype 3

Final Prototype

• Replaced 2nd layer (top layer) topography with walls that cannot be moved through
• Made ? spaces placeable
• Removed bridges

• We started to polish the game with different materials

• Replaced cardboard with wood and acrylic
• Added vinyl to show different game rules in color
• Added a peg locking system for the topography boards
• Created 3d models for all of the pieces, the bases of the pieces signify their movement

Final Prototype

Chess

First and Second Prototypes

Third Prototype

Final Prototype

Baron

Main Piece

Main Diagram

Exploded Diagram

Board Diagram

Game Play Overview

Final Photos

Ambivalence is an immersive narrative where a young girl, Melanie, is faced with a harsh and inescapable reality. In a coming of age story and small town murder mystery, we dive into the head of a teenager as she is forced to face her mental health issues. This project aims to expand upon this story and bring it into the physical world. Ambivalence as a project is meant to immerse a reader by offering tangible evidence of this book's world through maps, brochures, party flyers and diary entries from or about the characters.

Thesis

Precedents

Precedents

Precedents

Storyboarding + Sketching

Brochure

Flyers

Project Statement

High Performance row boat manufacturing is a discipline measured in millimeters, those minor changes result in millisecond gains over five minute courses. Those milliseconds are what distinguish the winners from the loosers. This project seeks to bring creative design thinking to the table in an already saturated area of study, hydrodynamics.

This is accomplished by constructing a fluid dynamics testing chamber, with the capacity to support multiple types of boat hulls, simulate passing water at multiple speeds and in many directions, and simulate different types of underwater turbulance.

Precedents

Technical Precedent:

Constructing a Boat

Conceptual Precedent:

Boat Model CFD

Aspirational Precedent:

Model Boat Basin

Sketches

Reservoir

Test Chamber

330gpm Return Pump

1110 gpm Flow Pump

Prototype