https://enricolauletta.com 2024-10-28 daily 1.0 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/image03.jpg It's me! https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery01/fbdcc5f5.jpg Game Cover https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery03/d6ad4433.jpg Game Cover https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery04/487390e4.jpg Game Cover https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery05/7d7288a6.jpg Game Cover https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery06/1f2f7d76.png Game Cover https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery02/f500449c.jpg **Ghosts for Glory**\n**[Solo project]{#663399}**\nMade in **Processing**\nAn **arcade retro style shooter** where you make your way through levels infested with ghosts https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery02/5622bfd8.jpg **ILikeTrains**\n**[Solo project]{#663399}**\nMade in **PuzzleScript**\nA **puzzle game** where your objective is to let the trains arrive to their respective goals https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery02/49408aa6.jpg **Target the Hit**\n**[Solo project]{#663399}**\nMade in **Processing**\nA **design experiment** used to **explore** the meaning of the concept of **agency** https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery02/ba6c0ce0.jpg **Captcha 2077**\nRole: **[Game Designer]{#d33918}**\n A **physical** and **web** game\nA **dystopian** machine to assess a person's **humanity** https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery02/997de5db.jpg **What's your roll?**\n**[Solo project]{#663399}**\nA **physical game concept** for **pre-teens in a museum**, addressing learning and fun https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery02/7f45b68f.jpg **Cultugram**\nRole: **[UX Researcher]{#188cd3}**\nA **mobile app prototype** to search for **artworks** and **information** about them https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery02/663573f5.jpg **Untitled banana game**\n**[Game Designer]{#d33918}**\nMade in **Unreal Engine 5**\nA **multiplayer fighting/shooter** game based on **bananas**! https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery07/91c895f4.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery07/779b310a.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery07/bfe3b920.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery07/6485e8ed.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery09/6ccd2fe7.jpg Original project plan https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery09/7ca63682.jpg How the project plan ended up being https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery09/e7a65966.png The Trello workspace. We also used a board for sound assets, one for animations, one for 2D/3D assets and one for bugs https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery10/db832c1c.jpg Having a game map outline where we could indicate all the key points of the quests proved to be very useful during the game jam... https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery10/794ae214.jpg ...but doing it with double sided tape on a whiteboard taught us a more valuable lesson: don't do it again https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery10/84b93020.jpg As I said, the game jam was an occasion to be more productive... https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery10/ba1f39bc.png Our initial team logo, inspired by the musical band *Beastie Boys* https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery08/76d5b1bd.jpg Board with proposed initial ideas by the team https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery08/4dffe602.jpg Wig design from the front https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery08/58c7d868.jpg Wig design from the back https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery08/07bee60d.jpg Storyboard prototype of the first interaction in the game https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery11/6fbe496a.jpg Test plan for the Steam release https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery11/9bc7b4af.jpg Trello board for bug tracking for the Steam release https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery11/a48d9f83.jpg Example of a bug card https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery44/cd6b4842.jpg Wig test shader that covers around 70% of the screen https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery44/f0c08293.jpg In the first playtests we tasked players with finding clocks on the wall, so to understand where to put objects that were not intended to be seen with the wig on https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery44/dbe1b920.jpg Old outline for interactable objects/NPCs https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery44/e1127832.jpg Controls overlay https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery45/adc444bc.jpg Magazine cover of the hair manifesto: I made the wig, comb and scissors https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery45/475844a3.png Smoketown – magazine cover drawing of a parody of the Chinatown movie https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery45/67d65f9c.jpg T.E.A. – poster parody of the E.T. movie https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery23/d97d4097.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery23/cee497fb.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery23/330a8abc.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery23/8f2813cb.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/image01.png https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery26/cd93232c.jpg The triangular (rock-paper-scissors) system explained https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery24/d115c730.jpg Ice Enemy table https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery24/ea97a5ba.jpg Fire Enemy table https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery24/44c10d22.jpg Wind Enemy table https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery24/95fbf575.jpg Neutral Enemy table https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery25/f79479e4.jpg Screenshot from our test plan https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery25/af255b72.jpg Screenshot from the table we made through the interviews coding https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery25/9977dd33.jpg Final values for enemies' paramaters https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/slideshow01-e0f8d959.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/slideshow01-d27464c2.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/slideshow01-f1b49f3b.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/slideshow01-fd1310f2.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/slideshow01-1fee8c6f.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/slideshow01-ec395059.jpg Thesis personal presentation slides https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery21/24e1995a.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery21/7fcc9816.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery21/adc2ed1a.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery21/b6893f46.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery22/8fcb3375.jpg Spreadsheet with the issues found during playtesting. For each issue there are comments, priority, the playtest session and the number of players mentioning the issue https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery22/a2a349d5.jpg Controls screen reached from the main menu https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery16/843e249f.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery16/f84ed7a9.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery16/1e4070d0.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery16/5c0da3f7.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery17/82464c76.jpg Bank homepage, where the player can have an overview of the earnings through their financial assets. All the financial operations have to go through the bank https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery17/579e7dd0.jpg Shares page. Here the player can buy new available shares and get an overview of those they own https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery17/fc272b0b.jpg Bonds page. Here the player can buy new bonds and get an overview of those they bought https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery17/2cf98633.jpg Loan page. Here the player can get an overview of the loan they are repaying, pay the rest of the due money, or get a new loan https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery19/c39f7a12.jpg Hangman. Before the timer expires the player has to guess all the letters in the word https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery19/de4761e0.jpg Anagram. Before the timer expires, the player has to reorder the letters of the word to guess https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery19/4d35f49c.jpg Syllables-anagram. Before the timer expires, the player has to put the syllables of the words to guess in the right order https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery19/a0c7f31d.jpg The Unipedia page. Here the player can check all the words they had to guess and the score which defines "how well they know them" https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery20/c14d50cd.jpg A behavioral scenario for a random event https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery20/ef12f18d.jpg The shop, where the player can buy or sell rocket parts https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery20/ac535ac3.jpg Sometimes there can be sales in the shop. These are notified to the player through the notification section in the main screen https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery18/57067e76.jpg Main screen. Here the player can have access to all the functions of the game and see their progress on building the rocket https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery18/ee1588e4.jpg Daily report. At the end of each in-game day the player gets a report of all their expenses and earnings for that day https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery18/08de85b5.png Game flow https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery12/b32a30c4.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery12/1688b89d.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery12/44d02ad6.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery13/c3efa6cb.jpg 1st prototype's login page. The structure stayed the same until the last version https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery13/f5a6788b.jpg 1st prototype's analysis page. "Pass" was considered an actual move, but this was then removed in later versions https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery13/ece3144d.jpg 1st prototype's evaluation page. The information shown was not very user-friendly, but I wanted to make sure the structure was understandable https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery14/f06e5d9f.jpg 2nd prototype's main menu. The same structure (but with different graphics) was used also in the 3rd prototype https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery14/279eec41.jpg 2nd prototype's analysis page. The "copy configuration" button was replaced by a checkbox. A few additions and fixes made also the space feel less empty https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery14/8c4fdada.jpg 2nd prototype's evaluation page. The adjustments to the slider and the text made the page more informative https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery15/42262344.jpg 3rd prototype's login page. In this version I settled on an overall aspect of the interface https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery15/e56652aa.jpg 3rd prototype's analysis page. Apart from the graphics, nothing changed from the previous version https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery15/b573f762.jpg 3rd prototype's evaluation page. Apart from the graphics, nothing changed from the previous version https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery43/6374283b.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery27/b09dec5f.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery27/78586954.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery27/bba2ac15.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery34/b926d092.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery34/002d7c30.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery34/797c4a79.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery34/574fad5f.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery29/3c079e56.jpg The player shot the bullets but they bounced on the obstacles https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery29/3027b4d0.jpg The player shot the bullet and it's going straight to the target! https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery29/11006f47.jpg Initial screen of the game https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery29/a868df7f.jpg Transition from level 1 to 2 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery30/d793e197.jpg The cardboard and tape box. By putting an iPad (running the web interface) in the designated slot, it emulates the dystopian humanity assessment terminal https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery30/494f57af.jpg Welcome page. The game simulates a terminal which lets people into the last stronghold of humanity: Basecamp 100 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery30/33d8778f.jpg The first test required is a "blood sample". You put the hand into the box where you will slightly feel a pen faking a syringe. No worries, we didn't really take people's blood https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery30/76b90802.jpg One of the absurd captchas we came up with https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery28/6bd8277c.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery33/7686911f.jpg Storyboard I made for the recommender system https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery31/3255ce76.jpg Welcome screen https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery31/06d7f828.jpg Main page, where suggested artworks are proposed. In the beginning, if no preferences are set, no artworks are shown https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery31/20905f93.jpg Recommender system. You can choose different filters which will determine the artworks shown in the main page. For example you can choose the artist and the historical period https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery31/c6b4634e.jpg Once you set your preferences, filtered artworks are suggested in the main page https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery31/b01c6d73.jpg The search nearby function. The app suggests artworks close to you depending on your preferences https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery31/b650908a.jpg You can take a picture of an artwork to get information on it https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery31/678c343b.jpg Information page of an artwork https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery32/52721667.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery32/294bba61.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery32/2b497013.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery32/961ecf2b.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery37/411207c2.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery37/9c1435f7.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery38/0afd8426.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery38/3dd2292d.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery35/13100cd4.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery35/ef0ebbf3.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery36/a76f1cff.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery36/979b4655.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery40/1c66895c.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery40/800423fc.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery39/84d9bc71.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery39/0703c7a6.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery41/622894a9.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery41/afa0afac.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery41/6a9f2c34.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery42/ac8e4657.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/images/gallery42/87e56f88.jpg Untitled https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video02.mp4.jpg Video02 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video02.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video03.mp4.jpg Video03 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video03.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video04.mp4.jpg Video04 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video04.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video13.mp4.jpg Video13 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video13.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video14.mp4.jpg Video14 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video14.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video15.mp4.jpg Video15 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video15.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video16.mp4.jpg Video16 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video16.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video17.mp4.jpg Video17 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video17.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video18.mp4.jpg Video18 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video18.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video19.mp4.jpg Video19 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video19.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video07.mp4.jpg Video07 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video07.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video10.mp4.jpg Video10 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video10.mp4 https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video11.mp4.jpg Video11 Uploaded video. https://enricolauletta.com/assets/videos/video11.mp4