Echoes of the Tides VR
April 2020
Premise
It is sunrise and you are a beachcomber collecting washed ashore objects on the beach. To others the objects may be trash, but to you they are artifacts that hold memories that tell the story of both human use and human environmental encroachment. Still, these memories can only be seen after puzzling together artifacts that hold connection to each other, can you unlock them all?
The player begins on a beach at sunrise, a pail in hand. As they stroll they collect objects; these objects, called artifacts, contain imprints of memories. Memories of their use and where they came from that can be explored through combining different artifacts together. These combinations then spawn gateways to worlds that reflect these memories. One, an underwater realm where the effects of these objects are spawned based on human impact on the ocean. The other, a beach during the daytime, where remnants of human activity strewn about and the echoes of the past mix with the sound of the waves.
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Team
Madelaine Fischer-Bernhut
Project Manager, Main Unity Development, Level Design, Animation, VFX, Audio, UI Assets and Implementation, Shaders, VR Troubleshooting
Nik Szafranek
360 Video and Animation, Level Design, 3D Asset Models, 2D Asset Graphics (Artifacts), VR Troubleshooting
Jin Zhang
3D Asset Models, VFX, Audio/Sound Assets, Shaders, Website Building