Baby Steps
(2024)Roles: Game Design, Programming, Graphics Programming
Baby Steps is a VR game where players care for a baby by fulfilling its needs such as being held, fed, and entertained over a 4.5-minute session. The game was created as part of a final project for IMDM290 by a six-person team. It focuses on multitasking gameplay inspired by titles like Overcooked and Tattletail. The game features a cartoon-style shader, various animations, and a fully modeled in-game environment.
What I Did
- Developed the baby AI, with various states such as Idle, Roaming, and Hungry.
- Implemented the cel-shading shader using HLSL and wrote code to apply reverse hull technique onto objects.
- Programmed interactions, such as the cooking process and feeding mechanics.
Project Documentation
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Highlight of the Project
One of the most rewarding parts was demystifying the render pipeline. By hooking into it and injecting custom render information, I gained a deeper understanding of how rendering works. For me this porject was another step in chipping away at the 'untouchable' parts of game development, stepping away from tutorial land.
Team Credits
- Andrei Davydov - Modeling and Rigging
- Astrid Da Costa - Concept and Design
- Daniel Nolan - Sound Design
- Erin Alsop - Animation and UI Design
- Lois Kim - Environment Design and Testing