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empty nester ✦ 2025

An illustrated/animated interactive poem reflecting on generational differences, history meeting the present, familial expectations, and the possibility of a more understanding future.

This is my first game made in Unity! For the characters, I created them by folding origami cranes and photographing multiple frames for a stopmotion animation.

I studied how to make dynamic compositions and then applied them to my thumbnail sketches of the scenes.

I created some thumbnails to show how the story would flow visually. The highlighted blue represents where the player could click to move forward to the next scene.

Reflection

In the final scenes, I knew I wanted the scenes to diverge, creating the two potential endings. In real life, there are an infinite amount more, but I realized after making this game that both choices of leaving or staying will have a bit of each other in them.

And, in a way, that means that either choice of leaving or staying could be a win-win, or just is. Choices don't have to be the "correct" choice to be the one that resonates the most with yourself.

Wander: A Road Trip to Uni ✦ 2025

A fully illustrated visual novel inspired by my experiences as a new driver, sci-fi books I've read recently, and reflecting over new beginnings/friendships. I've always been interested in combining art, writing, and code to tell stories through games and I'm excited to be releasing my first game in a while. Hope you enjoy!