Maxim VR

---Role(s) and responsibilities: ---
Game Designer

• Creating non-toxic Virtual Reality spaces to enhance player’s mental health and well-being

• Developed the game design document for the app that directed all creative efforts

• Worked on conceptualising the Landing Hub, Breathing Space and Night Meditation areas

• Developed the Breathing space’s visual look and feel using custom and store-bought assets

• Troubleshooting bugs and playtesting

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Narrative Designer

• Conceptualized the narrative of the spaces and the player's interaction with the space with a team of 4

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Project Management / Team Lead

• Worked on leading a team of 4 creatives alongside the co-founder

• Creating the game design and development pipeline and best practices

• Leading meetings and noting minutes

• Consolidating, prioritising and assigning tasks to team members keeping in mind their availability and workload

• Creating the product road map

• Learned how to use SCRUM

• Was in charge of managing Github, resolving conflicts and managing push and pull requests

• Creating bug fixes documents for the team to keep everyone on the same page on how known bugs can be dealt with

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Game Art

• Developed shaders for the clouds and iridescent audio bars in the breathing space

• Animated the boat movement

---Goals---

• Creating an experience that helps encourage mental-wellbeing among young adults

• Learning how to develop in VR

• Generating ideas and spaces that are cohesive with the theme and an underlying narrative

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---Challenges/Learnings---

• Developing for VR brought a change in perspective on the possibilities

• Learning the language of a 360° space and how to tune it to the experience you’re trying to convey