01 Archive · Horror prototype

Nightmare Seekers

A reverse hide-and-seek horror game. This prototype was built to pitch the game for full development to our professors and a panel of industry professionals, and I designed the level for the Arena phase.

Project: Student prototype · University of Utah
Format: 14-day game jam
My roles: Level Designer, Narrative Designer, Associate Producer
Goal: Pitch for full development to professors and an industry panel

See the arena Back to portfolio

Title card: Nightmare Seeker, it wants to be found, in white brush lettering on a dark scratched background.

02 Level design

The Arena, from sketch to blockout

I designed the level for the Arena phase: a top-down sketch first, then the same layout blocked out in engine.

Hand-drawn top-down sketch of the arena: an irregular room with an angled wall, a walled-off block in the middle and small boxes in the corners. — **FIG. 01**Hand-drawn top-down layout of the arena.

Top-down view of the arena blocked out in engine: dark walls around an irregular room, lit in warm pools of light, with two orange-lit corners and marker boxes along the edges. — **FIG. 02**The arena blocked out in engine, top-down, lit in warm pools with dark gaps between them.

03 Watch

The prototype in motion

One recording on setting traps and the UI, and one on the prototype's audio and mechanics.

Setting traps & UI

Audio & mechanics

04 Prototype complete

That's Nightmare Seekers.

For my design work, head back to the portfolio.

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