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Caio Lindenhayn J. Gomide

Game Designer

Bone Voyage - Early Access Trailer

Bone Voyage - Early Access Trailer

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Bone Voyage

Lead Designer | PC | Unreal Engine 4 | 2018-2019

Bone Voyage is a Third Person Adventure Game, about a group of Skeletons on a Ship, heading to the afterlife.

Players meet a Cast of interesting Characters and explore the Ship by Detaching parts of their Body.

Spearheaded the game's design, and worked with the design team to further all areas of design, from narrative to level design
Led a team of up to 15 designers, from initial concepting to ship
Owned the development of the game's UI and UX, and worked with the art team to ensure visual clarity and style

This project was created over 24 Weeks in a group of up to 34 Developers, was released on Steam, with over 50,000 Downloads and was the Winner of the 2019 IndigoX Award

Design Lead

I Lead the Design Team by coordinating a team of up to 15 Designers. I oversaw all of the work done, from Gameplay to Quest Design.

My Goal was to ensure the highest quality I could for the project and ensure the game provided the most enjoyable experience possible to players.

A large challenge was to maintain the coordination of such a large team, whilst pushing for consistent design practices, despite pressing milestones for the team.

Ultimately, the project taught me a lot about the realities of the development of large projects, and truly allowed me to experience and learn from a variety of situations in all fazes of development, from conception and pre-production to post-release content.

Dialogue UI/UX

Current Iteration

Improved dialogue cameras lead to a more cinematic and simpler iteration.

Third Iteration

The desire to focus more on the In-World Characters lead to the iteration seen above.

Second Iteration Test

Base Implementation of second iteration.

Second Iteration

Second Iteration focused on style, movement and evoking the feeling of a dialogue.

First Iteration

First Pass on the existing dialogue system adhering to its main constraints.

First Playable System

First Implementation of a functional Dialogue System.

Style, Immersion, Practicality and how do they connect? This is a question I had to answer when developing the dialogue system.

This process involved gaining a strong understanding of the game as an experience.

I ultimately decide to lean towards simple, yet stylish as the focus, with an emphasis on the dialogue feeling like a conversation, by relying on movement, positioning, and animations.

Questlog UI/UX

Current Iteration

Current Iteration Used in the Build. Currently working on an itertion to focus on readibilty and UX,

Second Iteration Test

First Implementation of the second Iteration, displaying how it could tie in with the Inventory of the player.

Second Iteration Mockup

Mockup made by the Art Lead to focus on style.

First Iteration Mockup

Mockup made to identify core information that had to be shown to the player,

It was clear to me that Immersion would be my focus when developing a quest-log. I wanted to give players an immersive and stylish way to understand their goals.

I chose to have the quest-log represent an In-Game Sketchbook which the players obtain and grow as the game progresses.

Along with its aesthetic, I also occupied myself in ensuring its usability and practicality.