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Coffee Shop Simulator VR

Ground Up!

ROLE

Game Designer, Gameplay Scripter

DESCRIPTION

'Ground Up!' is a game where you play and take the role of a barista, serving waves of customers, filling out your café with furniture, equipment and earn money.

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Work your way up to the top by paying off debt to your boss and becoming much more than just a barista...

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This was a project that involved myself and Timothy McAllister, another game designer.

YEAR

2024

GENRE

Top-Down Simulator / Management

Contributions

  • Helped design the movement mechanics and gameplay loops

  • Scripted the player movement, camera movement, coffee making process and the objectives

  • Helped balance the efficiency of serving and earning.

  • Implemented and scripted in animations for the player character and the milk and kettle animations.

  • Created Niagara particle effects for player character and some aspects of the coffee-making process such as steam etc .

  • Set up gamepad support.

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