Our First Kiss

June 2020 - May 2021
Shown at the 2021 USC Games Expo
Part of the 2022 GDC Experimental Gameplay Workshop
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*The film used in this gif of our gameplay footage is I Think I'm Gay by Matthew Chupack, used with permission.

My Role

Experience Summary
  • Co-Producer
    • Used Trello to manage tasks, deadlines, and deliverables
    • Followed agile development process; created two-week sprint schedules
    • Coordinated weekly scrum meetings: the team discussed progress, blocks, and future goals
    • Designed, filmed & edited the game's trailer
    • In charge of outreach & gathering films and footage that feature queer and trans love, which were  featured in the game
  • Audio Lead
    • Recorded & mixed sounds for the game
    • Supervised our lead composer
    • Audio implementation in Unity

​Tools Used

Logic Pro X
Unity
​Adobe Premiere
Trello
G Suite
  • A queer, alternative-controller festival game
    • Two players sit (in person) on a sofa with pressure sensors
    • They either move toward each other, or move away
    • Players' actions on the sofa in real time are reflected by the silhouettes seen on screen
    • The game invites them to explore intimacy with each other, and asks if they will take the risk of being intimate in public
  • Relies upon audience participation via phone or computer input
    • This part of our design has changed due to the antisocial nature of COVID quarantine
    • Instead of a typical festival game, the audience will interact via Twitch stream
    • They can send emoticons such as ":)" or ":/" and those emoticons will have an effect on the screen where the two players are
  • The installation is a fundamentally queer experience: it explores the idea of claiming public spaces as queer
    • Do you risk outting yourself in public in order to show your partner affection? Or do you stay in the closet?

Check out our trailer below!