Reforge
Reforge
2D PUZZLE GAME
TIMELINE
TOOLS USED
ROLE
Sep - Dec 2021
Unity / Illustrator / Procreate
Game Designer / UIUX Designer
"It was made for our siblings,
They had never been there."
Reforge is designed for families who have survived the most difficult period in which their children have no siblings and their destinies have been heavily influenced by the government in the 1980s. The player needs to find out what happened to them.
Overview
Genre: Puzzle
Platform: Android
Player: Single
Description: A simple game with rich visual storytelling elements, a deep insight into history
Basic Info
My Role
Game Design
Created game system documentation and designed puzzle structures for narrative purpose
Designed user interfaces and other game assets with Photoshop and Illustrator
UI Design
Converted research and concepts to moodboard, formed visual identity and game art style including UI features, level information hierarchy and design system
Developed dialogue system using Yarn Spinner and achievement system in Unity
Gameplay Develop
Developed interaction features based on puzzle structure in Unity, collaborating with other programmers through GitHub
Game Design
Concept and Ideation: the theme of Reforge is heavy. So we aimed to make it a place where true stories that happened in the past can be recorded. At the ideation stage, we collected information about historic events and traditional patterns as our reference.
Design and Wireframe: the puzzles structure follows the order from simple to complex, so as the amount of interactable items. And for puzzles game, it's important to keep information clear to players to analyze. So we made lots of changes to the wireframes.
Production: after iterating the wireframes, we applyed the hand-drawing art style to user interfaces. We adjusted the colors, patterns and decided how many items could appear at the same page to avoid disturbing elements.
Level Design
Production Process
Reforge is the first game I have participated in making and it gives me valuable experience and industry insights in game production. At first, I was simply wrote the story due to lack of experience of game making. However, in such a small team, eveyone had to do multiple work including me. So I got the opportunity to wirte the game design documents, create art and even code with Unity.
Throughout the 3-month production process, I have developed the game design methodologies of my own, including rapid prototype, and level design and colaborate remotely.
