Quentin C • Filtres

Overview

In our third year at Isart Digital, we had the chance to work on an unrestricted project. With 5 other Designers, we decided to revive the FMV genre by creating an anthology of 4 mini-games with unique twists!

Inspired by Royal Blood's "Figure It Out" music video, I designed a gameplay mechanic that reveals objects using the screen's RGB channels.

In this 5-minute experience, you collect camera diaphragms to uncover new information and items. Can you escape the color prison you're trapped in?

Genre

FMV • Puzzle

Duration

≈ 5min

Engine

Unreal 4

Status

Build Lost :(

Roles

Prototyper

Once the idea was found, I started prototyping the concept using colored post-it notes and drawings.
I iterated on it for about 3 days, until I found a sequence that wouldn't require too many clips when filming.

Playtesting

To make playtesting easier and faster, I recreated the prototype in Adobe Xd to do remote playtesting.
3 playtesting sessions were done, with a total of about 20 people, which helped me pinpoint choke points and logic issues.

Puzzle Designer

The structure of the game is similar to that of an escape room (which it also resembles visually).
Guiding the player by giving them the items one by one while solving small puzzles to progress felt natural.

Editor/FX

After we recorded all the videos for the game. I had to edit them to mask/hide objects behind specific colors.
I used Photoshop to create my clean plates and After Effects to do all the post-production & colour correction.