/categories/game-design/ Recent content in Game Design on Supriya Dutta Hugo -- gohugo.io en Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:20:40 +0530 /games/gamepoem/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:20:40 +0530 /games/gamepoem/ Objective This project explores the emotional and social consequences of being perceived as different, drawing inspiration from a real-life incident to examine feelings of exclusion and alienation. My responsibilities Level design, Programming, UX and 2D Art Design process Level iterations with Lego Level iterations on Godot Player flow design Level iterations with Lego Level iterations with Lego: Level designs were prototyped using LEGO bricks to plan and iterate on dimensions and details. Following this, the designs were iterated upon within the game engine, and a final pass was made on color schemes. /design/absinthetails/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:20:40 +0530 /design/absinthetails/ Overview Absinthe Tails is a detective game with a dash of absinthe and missing cats. As Claude, a detective with a penchant for spirits, your task is to unravel the mysteries surrounding your quaint town. Collaborating with a team of five, my main responsibilities included designing UX and User flows on Figma , designing puzzles and development on Unity . A key aspect of My role was crafting tutorials to familiarize players with game mechanics, refined through extensive play-testing and feedback sessions. /design/gamepoem/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:23:14 +0530 /design/gamepoem/ Overview Enter the shoes of a social media traveller, eager to discover a land renowned for its unique apple varieties. Your mission: purchase an apple. But blending in proves difficult as locals eye you with suspicion. Can you convince them of your harmless intentions, or will it lead to dire consequences? This project was inspired by Jordan Magnuson’s game poems. Dedicated to the events of the Diphu incident of 2018, the game poem delves into the complexities of human behavior towards those unfamiliar to them, encompassing aspects such as appearance, food, culture, and geography. /archives/gamepoem/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:23:14 +0530 /archives/gamepoem/ Overview Enter the shoes of a social media traveller, eager to discover a land renowned for its unique apple varieties. Your mission: purchase an apple. But blending in proves difficult as locals eye you with suspicion. Can you convince them of your harmless intentions, or will it lead to dire consequences? My role as Game Designer This project was inspired by Jordan Magnuson’s game poems. Dedicated to the events of the Diphu incident of 2018, the game poem delves into the complexities of human behavior towards those unfamiliar to them, encompassing aspects such as appearance, food, culture, and geography. /games/thoughtsout/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:23:14 +0530 /games/thoughtsout/ Overview Thoughts Out! is a 3D platform puzzle game set in a dreamlike world where your everyday office troubles morph into an annoying dragon. This dragon can alter the surrounding environment, making your adventure either easier or more challenging. How can you drive it out of your daydream and reclaim your peace of mind? Calm down and first, listen to what Miss Bellflower has to say. Tools used Unreal Figma Pen and paper My role as Tutorial and Level Designer Collaborating with a team of eight individuals, we embraced various roles to enhance the project. /stories/absinthetails/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 15:20:40 +0530 /stories/absinthetails/ BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE GAME Take a sip of absinthe, and join this green-hued quest for a lost, fuzzy kitten. Absinthe Tails is a detective game with a dash of absinthe and missing cats. As Claude, a detective with a penchant for spirits, your task is to unravel the mysteries surrounding your quaint town. Armed with photographs from around the town and vibrant dreams to supplement your alcohol-clouded memory, you must piece together the clues to solve the case. /stories/gamepoem/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:20:40 +0530 /stories/gamepoem/ BRIEF OVERVIEW Enter the shoes of a social media traveller, eager to discover a land renowned for its unique apple varieties. Your mission: purchase an apple. But blending in proves difficult as locals eye you with suspicion. Can you convince them of your harmless intentions, or will it lead to dire consequences? Objective The assignment delves into the repercussions of standing out in a crowd , inspired by a real-life incident with severe consequences, prompting exploration of the emotions and reactions triggered when one is perceived as different among peers . /games/absinthetails/ Sun, 20 Aug 2023 15:20:40 +0530 /games/absinthetails/ Overview Take a sip of absinthe, and join this green-hued quest for a lost, fuzzy kitten. Absinthe Tails is a detective game with a dash of absinthe and missing cats. As Claude, a detective with a penchant for spirits, your task is to unravel the mysteries surrounding your quaint town. Armed with photographs from around the town and vibrant dreams to supplement your alcohol-clouded memory, you must piece together the clues to solve the case. /games/monstercleaning/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 16:23:14 +0530 /games/monstercleaning/ Overview Welcome to Monster Cleaning Inc., located in the heart of an RPG world! After nasty battles, these monsters need a good scrub. You need to use the right-sized sponge to clean it. Your cleaning skills will be judged by the monsters themselves, and their ratings will determine your success. Can you earn that coveted five-star review? Step up, clean them up quickly and get them ready for their next encounter! Tools used Unity Figma Pen and paper My role as Game Designer This game was crafted for Game Maker’s Toolkit 2024. /stories/zuci/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:23:14 +0530 /stories/zuci/ INTRODUCTION Folk musical instruments bind one’s community together. Within a community, each instrument has its own specific use, place and time to be played. However, with the popularization of new electronic musical instruments and music, the audience base of traditional folk musical instruments have decreased considerably . To gather more information about the same, we met with Brahmaputra cultural Foundation(BCF), an NGO who is working on conserving folk musical instruments of the North-eastern states of India. /stories/reszuci/ Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:20:40 +0530 /stories/reszuci/ OVERVIEW Background Traditional folk musical instruments are facing extinction in many parts of India due to decrease in its user base. In order to develop a future user base of people with a better awareness of these musical instruments , the goal of this study was to identify an effective medium for teaching younger audiences about these instruments’ construction processes, sounds, and events they are played at. Objective Through this study we aim to introduce different mediums of instruction to children above age of 8 years and observe how they respond to them. /stories/eatopia/ Sun, 24 Jul 2022 15:20:40 +0530 /stories/eatopia/ INTRODUCTION During our Game Design module at IDC School of Design, we – a group of four participants – wanted to explore the the usage of Games in sharing knowledge of Food chain through hybrid or phy-gital games. To complete our exploratory project were allotted a time period of 1 week. DATA COLLECTION For this project we decided to take the help of NCERT books (National Council of Educational Research and Training) designed for students of Central board of Secondary Education India, as our primary resource. /archives/eatopia/ Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:20:40 +0530 /archives/eatopia/ Overview BACKGROUND During our Game Design module at IDC School of Design, we – a group of four participants – wanted to explore the usage of Games in sharing knowledge of Food chain through hybrid or phy-gital games. To complete our exploratory project were allotted a time period of 1 week. OBJECTIVE This project’s main goals were to encourage player interaction and raise players’ awareness of the interdependence and flow of energy among living things in our environment through an interactive game world. /archives/heatattacks/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:23:14 +0530 /archives/heatattacks/ Overview BACKGROUND How might we make the younger generation aware of the impacts of heatwaves? How might we aid them to build empathy for our changing world and people effected by it? How might we make them aware of the adaptation measures during such an event? OBJECTIVE The main goal of this project is to share adaptation measures to be taken during the event of a heatwave. PRODUCT DETAILS HEATWAVE Havoc is a multiplayer card based strategic cooperative game, where you save all your cute little babies from the effects of heatwaves. /posts/absinthetails/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:23:14 +0530 /posts/absinthetails/ Overview Take a sip of absinthe, and join this green-hued quest for a lost, fuzzy kitten. Absinthe Tails is a detective game with a dash of absinthe and missing cats. As Claude, a detective with a penchant for spirits, your task is to unravel the mysteries surrounding your quaint town. Armed with photographs from around the town and vibrant dreams to supplement your alcohol-clouded memory, you must piece together the clues to solve the case.