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Journey To Foundation
Role Co-Creative Director
Studio Archiact Interactive
Period 2022

Journey To Foundation

VR Roleplaying Adventure based on Isaac Asimov's saga

Narrative cited as 'main highlight' in critical reviews.

Based on Isaac Asimov's groundbreaking literary saga, Journey to Foundation is an epic sci-fi VR Roleplaying Adventure.

Journey To Foundation gameplay

I operated as co-creative director on this project so that I could split my focus between this and the Horizon World project.

I had the amazing opportunity to work closely with Archiact's Art Director and Executive Producer who had both previously worked on the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series and I learnt a lot from them. One of my goals on this project was to make a larger narrative adventure built upon the tools and systems we originally built for Flourish. I laid out a lot of the core of the project setting processes, frameworks and goals.

Game loops design
Early breakdown of the loops and the balance of the different gameplay I originally set for the game
Journey To Foundation environment

I was primarily responsible for directing and leading the narrative and UX teams and architecting their underlying interaction systems. I'm particularly proud of the narrative we created as it was consistently given top marks in reviews. A mantra we used was "participatory drama", where we wanted players to feel involved in the conversations through physical actions and not just menu selections. This ended up as part of the "boss fights" in the final product.

Journey To Foundation gameplay
Mentalics storyboard
Storyboard I created showing how to use mentalics in conversation via VR UX interactions

Key Contributions

  • Co-directed creative vision alongside Mass Effect/Dragon Age veterans
  • Led narrative, UX and gameplay teams through development
  • Built upon tools and systems created for Flourish project
  • Narrative was cited as the 'main highlight' in critical reviews
  • Collaborated with Art Director and Executive Producer on world-building

Skills Applied

Narrative Design Creative Direction Team Leadership VR Design Story Systems