GAME DESIGN

Teehee's Revenge

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A 3D third-person sci-fi action shooter set on a space station. You play as Teehee while controlling Cornelius, a super-powered baby ape, to fight off enemies and cause mayhem. Built over 6 months on a custom engine. I created game screen prototypes, UI elements, sound effects and animated decks in Figma, and ran usability test sessions.

Role

UI/UX designer

Timeline

6 months, 2023

What I did

UI/UX design and game screen prototypes
Game design and mechanics
Level design
Sound design, including the main menu music
Usability test sessions

A third-person sci-fi action game where you play a space ape controlling a super-powered baby ape. Six months, and another custom engine rather than Unity or Unreal.

Set on a space station, you play as Teehee while directing Cornelius, a super-powered baby ape, to fight off enemies and cause mayhem. Released in 2023.

Two characters, one player

The interesting constraint here is indirect control. You play Teehee but act through Cornelius, so the interface has to answer two questions at once - what am I doing, and what is he doing - without putting twice as much on screen. Sound work sat in the same brief as the screens, which matters for a problem like that: some of what an interface needs to say does not have to be said on the HUD.