Title: Drifting Beyond
Genre: Adventure, Exploration, Narrative, Fantasy
Key Themes: Mystery, Photography Journaling, Creature Ecology, Cuteness
Target Audience: Suitable for all age groups, and those who wish to have a carefree experience in a cosy game
Playtime Duration: ~45 minutes
Socials: http://www.driftingbeyond.me/
In a world teetering between awareness and mystery, journey across the sprawling wilderness filled with awe-inspiring landscapes and enigmatic encounters. Take on the embodiment role of a young explorer in a nomadic tribe as you live on a normal day, resting on a “self-claimed” best spot to overview the daily acts of the tribe on a distant hill. Recent strange signs hint that your homeland is more than mere earth and stone, quakes of the land appear more harshly than ever before. Occasionally, an abnormal outcry is accompanied coming from the abysm below, piquing your curiosity to find the source of this unusual occurrence. This time finally able to venture alone, a quest is set out to unravel the truth of this world.
Embark on an expedition to explore the nooks and crannies all across through this “new” perspective found on this new terrestrial bound. Ascend through navigating across biome regions unknown to seek the crowning summit dwelling the origin cause. Armed with your trusty sketchbook and camera, help piece together local clues as well as bizarre phenomena that have gradually made their presence known. Discover far beyond as you take the best shots and document extraordinary details combined with suspicious findings to build your own photo journal from thriving in the wilds. Record the many encounters you come across while interacting with resident species and fantastical terrains unknowingly along the way.
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Team Members Yao Zhang and Janle Chen
Name: Yao Zhang
About Me: “My interest lies in art design from various conception and bringing this imagination from paper into interactive experiences in virtual form. As the game’s concept originates from my initial idea developed through iteration and gradually refined as a team, it further deepened my passion to deliver a game that captivates the essence of what’s involved in building this world.
Curiosity about 3D art and the potential to create lively game worlds for characters to inhabit within brought me to pursue this course. My role as the art lead and 3D modeller for project games let me explore the development pipeline for finer details in these fields, ranging from design aspects in drafting stages to implementation that define the game’s atmosphere. Additionally, challenged me beyond in tackling the complexities of translate conceptual ideas into stylised visuals and aesthetic consistency across different ‘environments’.”
Portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/yokuraii
Name: Janle Chen
About Me: “This course has helped me broaden my knowledge of what makes a game exciting and enjoyable. My role in the development of this game covers a variety of areas. I fill in areas that are not covered by my partner, like coding, 3D modelling, environmental design, game mechanics and story development. Taking on these roles has allowed me to learn a few new skills that let me cover large areas in game development. This helps create a game that is uniquely special in style and aesthetics.
My studies here have really enabled me to create and learn all the different, complex and interesting aspects of game development. It was beneficial for someone like me who strives to create a project entirely my own. Improving on existing skills and gaining new ones has let me create small games, and I intend to build upon and further grow them to a professional level, producing games that can be enjoyed by everyone.”
Portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/sherpheart
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