Bloom Virtual Village
Paid project. Funding from school and partners.
Bloom Virtual Village is an edutainment game
Started development in May 2018.
This project is to help first year health science students communicate with people in Long Term Care Facilities.
The players will encounter multiple issues that the residents face.
The player will do their best to help the residents and solve their problems.
A few examples: LGBTQ+ acceptance, sexuality in long term care, dealing with the passing of residents, and handling patients with responsive behavior's like Alzheimer's or dementia.
This game is in the style of Stardew Valley, Pokemon and other pixelated old school RPGs.
I designed the level, dialog system, player controls, UI, and helped with some dialog and situations.
I was the lead designer that pitched the game idea and created a prototype.
I work with artists, narrative designers and health science students to create a complete experience.
I also work as one of the programmers for this project doing the controls, UI, and interaction system.