Mindscaper
A Narrative-action game with platformer elements, this Game Design Masters prototype includes the first two levels for mind-hopping mystery game with an in-depth storyline.
Date
January 2025
Role(s)
Project Manager, Game Designer, Programmer, Narrative Designer
Contribution
Wrote the Narrative
Designed the General Flow of the Game
Designed the Combat
Programmed the Magic Missile Attack
Created and Wrote the Cutscenes
Greyboxed the Mindscape Level
Implemented Real World Level Design/Art
Links
Engine/Software
Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints
Key Skills / Features
Complex, Emotional & Satisfying Story
Body-swapping Gameplay & Combat
Combat Design
Level Design
Team Size
5
Mindscaper is a Narrative game with platformer and action features. It has a fantastical, emotional mystery storyline, centred on the protagonists Jack and his alter-ego, Hyde, who is revealed to have been a full person, with a body of his own. In Mindscaper, Jack and Hyde are forced to search for a magical crystal they but hold no memories of, but are supposed to have been in possession of 10 years ago.
During their adventure, follow Jack & Hyde, as they jump into the minds of various characters connected to the crystal, and uncover the mystery of who they once were, and how them, and the characters they meet are all connected.
Jack is a street-wise fighter, who has learned to survive with his fists and ingenuity, his focus allows him to perform better during combat, whilst Hyde uses Magic to succeed, utilising helpful traversal abilities, as well as buffs and debuffs, to further improve Jack's combat potential.
As Jack & Hyde have been able to switch control of Jack's body for years, they are able to do so in a person's Mindscape, where Hyde has his own body and abilities.
