Wild West Investment Runner
Wild West Investment Runner is a 3D endless runner that teaches the player how to invest in the stock market. Take on the role of a traveling stock broker to help clients build successful investment portfolios, increasing their and your own profit!
Role: Game Designer & Production Support
Genre: Runner, Educational
Development Time: 9 months
Releasing in Summer 2022
Contributions:
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Worked collaboratively with Michigan State University Federal Credit Union to create educational video games to teach high school and college students the basics of investing in the stock market
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Prepared materials to pitch initial idea and demonstrate progress to the client
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Lead meetings when faculty mentor was not present
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Programmed dialogue and interface system for players to interact with their character
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Organized QA testing on a variety of users and identified key areas of improvement to ensure stealth learning
Reflection:
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Learned how to collaborate with a client to meet their expectations.
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Iterated on multiple game ideas to ensure learning goals were met and incorporated to not remove the fun of the game.
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Discovered how technical setbacks can interrupt the entire team's progress. Pushed for scheduled meetings to ensure the client set timeline was met.