Camp Laughter

A single player, low-poly horror game about escaping a killer-infested campground

Camp Laughter was a game made in UE4 by  (7) GPM M.S. students over the course of 6 months for our capstone project.

You can find it on Steam!

As Creative Designer/Gameplay Designer

My main roles involved developing the player’s movement system, the health/damage system, implementing assets (SFX/ABPs), and managing environmental actors (Key Items, Locked Doors, Notes, etc…)

Gameplay

In this game, you can’t fight  back against your pursuers so you’re forced to run, jump, climb, and sneak away to survive.

As you do this, you need to collect Key Items and solve simple puzzles to proceed.

To accomplish this, I created parent classes and interfaces they could be used for various parts of our levels without forcing need to re-create a lot of the internal logic every time.

Misc. Roles

UI, Post-Processing, & Accessibility

Since we were a very small team, I took on additional roles outside of my expertise like UI Designer. I also created a number of Accessibility options, the save system, and  all the UI functionality in the game.

I also did some work with post processing so that the screen shook/grayed out on receiving damage and a yellow outline appeared around Key Items.

While these roles are not my main area of interest, I’m glad I got to try them because I learned a lot which has helped me become a better designer since I'm able to better communicate with coworkers who specialize in these disciplines.

Made By:
Max Cronce (Creative Director, Gameplay Designer, & UI Designer)

Jake O’Neill (Art Director, Sound Designer & Composer)

Aveenash Manoharan (Technical Director)

Tiffany Lam (Co-Producer)

Chang Su (Co-Producer)

Jiahao Fan (Level Designer)

Eden Zhang (Level Designer)

Kai Jacobs (3D Modeler & Animator)