student project
Tootin' Pooches
Designer
OCT 2017 - MAR 2018 • Lemonade Stand Games
Unity
Desktop
Multiplayer
Sports
Tootin' Pooches is a local multiplayer party-sports game for 2 to 8 players where teams of dogs fight over a tennis ball. Grab the ball, haul it to your goal, and score. The catch: the only way to move is by farting. Players charge up a fart to launch across the arena and slam into other dogs, sending the ball flying. It started as a 48-hour game jam entry and won first place.
After the jam, the team partnered with Limbitless Solutions, a nonprofit that builds 3D-printed bionic arms for children. We rebuilt the game's input to run on an Arduino EMG controller that reads muscle activation, so playing Tootin' Pooches became a way for kids to practice the exact muscle groups they need to operate their prosthetics. A game about farting dogs turned into physical therapy that doesn't feel like therapy. Tootin' Pooches was showcased at the Limbitless booth in the GDC Play area at GDC 2018.
MY ROLE
As Designer on the team, I owned the game's environments and level mechanics.
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Designed, modeled, and built 2 game arenas , including their layout and level mechanics
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Modeled, textured, and integrated 20 environmental prop assets
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Organized and led weekly team meetings, keeping a student team on schedule through a jam, a competition, and a nonprofit partnership
Awards
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1st Place · Indie Galactic Space Jam 2017
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Best Student Game · Serious Games Showcase & Challenge, I/ITSEC 2017
