Published: 2016

What I did: Built a short scientific awareness game in collaboration with a biomedicine researcher from the Esther Koplovich's Research Center. Designed game storytelling following my partner's scientific briefs. Developed the entire 3D experience, produced 3D assets and video animations.

Platforms: Windows | Mac | Linux

Team size: 2 (myself and a biomedicine researcher)

Project length: 7-8 weeks

Engine and tools: Unity, 3DS Max, Photoshop, Illustrator, Audacity

Responsibilities: Scripting, Animation, 3D asset design, UI/UX Design

Glioblastoma is a 3D scientific awareness game about the work being performed at the Glioma & Stem Cell Research Group in the Esther Koplowitz's Centre for Biomedical Research.

Anna and I wanted to collaborate on an experience that tested games as an alternative storytelling approach to classic science magazine articles, allowing scientists to generate higher engagement and deeper connections with their audiences.

Anna explained the research she was undertaking and we collaborated on defining the storytelling methodology and how we would use interactivity to deepen our audience understanding on the subject. We decided to follow Anna on her day-to-day lab activities while Anna's voice over walked the player through them.

I created all of the 3D assets, which were cartoonified representations of the lab pictures that Anna supplied me with.

I created all the video animations to accompany Anna's voice, and scripted the entire experience.