Overview:
In Master Dancer, you meet the famous dancer Loïe Fuller, the first to integrate technology into modern dance. As a player, you engage in action games to learn her movement principles and, guided by Virtual Loïe, explore her world. You will use modern VR technology to create your own unique dance, becoming a Master Dancer yourself!

Project operating through stu/dio-a student led work-for-hire game development studio at the University of Illinois. Project funded by the Center of Innovation Technology and Learning and sponsored by Music Director and Co-Director of Undergraduate Education John Toenjes.

Engine/Platform:
Unreal Engine 5 for PCVR

Team Structure:

• 1 Project Manager
• 1 Programmer
• 1 Designer
• 2 Artists
• 1 Sound Designer
• 1 Music Composer

MY WORK:

Movement Based Rhythm Games

• Starmaker
  • A game focused on strong core movement, where the player hits stars into the sky in time with the music in order to make a constellation
  • Developed data-driven tooling for designers to author new levels and constellations

• Music Roundabout
  • A game focused on gentle, precise music, where the player must gently activate notes according to music progression.
  • Utilizes Quartz and Meta Sounds for quantization of music timing.
    • Developed a data-driven tooling for level authoring.
• Final Dance
  • A dance visualization game where the player creates a sculpture using the movement principles of the first two games
  • Uses Niagra to draw ribbons and particles along the arcs created by the player. Color and particle type will depend on player speed, consistency, and movement type

• Dialogue Subtitle System
  • Inspired by Half-Life Alyx, implemented system for tracking and managing dialogue subtitles to their sources within 3D space.
  • Developed for both Master Dancer and VRchaeology

• Stereoscope Based Level Streaming:
  • Developed a stereoscope and card based system for easy level streaming and travel.
  • Interface for player as diagetic substitute for in-game menus.
• Museum Exhibit Game - Autograph Hunt:
  • Learn about important people with Loie Fuller’s life with interactable exhibits and animated portraits
  • AI narrator (Loie) driven with behavior trees
  • Follows the player to each exhibit to provide narrations for points of interest