Duc-ee's
VR Game | Cute-Creepy-Crazy
Out of luc-ee? Come to Duc-ee’s!
In this fine establishment, we don’t believe in walking over and hand-delivering food to our customers. Instead, our server (that’s you!) frisbee-throws plates to each table. Our novel approach is both more entertaining for everyone and perhaps one could even say it’s safer for our valued employees, given the nature of our customers…
Our Game
This is a VR game project designed and developed by an interdisciplinary team of five students in six weeks!
Prompt
Gameplay using frisbee mechanics
My
Role
Character and environment design
3D modeling and animation
Graphic design
UI/UX design
Our Team
Andy Jiang | Programmer, level design
Nellie Tonev | Producer, programmer
Blaine Black | Sound and music design
Adeline Wu | Programmer
Helen Yang | Artist
Tools
Unity,
Maya, Nomad, Zbrush
Figma, Adobe Illustrator
Instructor
Thomas Corbett
Design Goal
We chose a cute and cozy aesthetic to start with, and let the game unexpectedly transforms into a creepy and chaotic mode when players perform poorly. 'Let's give players PTSD', we secretly say.
The overall goal is to create an immersive VR gameplay in which the player can enjoy the fun and drama regardless of performance.
Character Design
Our customers are lovely animals that loves wearing colorful ruffs with shiny pendants. However, anger, known as “angy” in Duc-ee’s universe, could drive the cutest customers into unnamable monsters.
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Level Design
The story takes place in a fast food restaurant called Duc-ee’s! All furniture are carefully designed and modeled both to reflect the Duc-ee’s theme and enhance VR experience.
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UX Design
Our central goal is to fully engage our players in the 3D environment as well as our story. Therefore, we abandoned conventional 2D UI elements (e.g. bar, number, button) and utilized 3D in-place elements instead. We also focus on VR specific considerations including body ownership and tension building.
Easter Eggs
We believe that a game without Easter Eggs is incomplete!
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