Wood Horse Studio – Mikkel Aarup Vinther

The Other Wayfinder

To create a small playable version of our game. To make us able to test the core concept and communicate our vision.

Learning Unity and setting up a work flow between the lead artist and director and myself lead programmer and level designer.

A small playable demo version, that made us able to communicate our idea and gain feedback on gameplay and aesthetics of our idea.

2023
Initial Work
The project started in start 2023. Progress started out relatively slow with the creation of a very simple proof of concept build of the game. We worked on establishing a workflow and getting the most essential aspects of the game working. My job during this period was mainly as a programmer getting used to working in C#.
Implementation Starting
Starting with implementing systems properly. I worked on finishing the systems yet to have been finished in 2023, and implementing item collection and the game inventory.

May 2024 - September 2024
Oktober 2024
Setting up visual assets
Working together with the artistic lead. I worked on getting art assets ready to be used for making levels. We realized that this step should have been worked on earlier, to avoid headaches.
Creating Demo
Worked primarily as a level designer during this period. Making the level of our demo. Furthermore I worked on fixing bugs prior to user testing.

November 2024 - January 2025
February 2025
Usertests
We conducted multiple tests with potential players in order to test the idea and feel of our game. We used the tests to find common concerns and flaws with our gameplay.