Life of Kim is mostly a narrative game spiced up with some minigames. The mechanics include walking around (by either tapping/clicking anywhere on the screen or the buttons of interactible objects) and interacting with objects or other characters, lastly, playing and solving minigames. The game has various locations with tasks waiting. We chose a narrative game because we thought that would be the best way of transmitting the message and information regarding this condition to the players. The player is informed about various things both by the narrator and other NPCs (mother, friend), which functions mostly as a feedback system (e.g. "you shouldn't be afraid to wear clothes that show the skin irritation", "healthy food choices can milder your symptoms"). The choices the player takes influences their energy level, which can either increase or decrease - thus, by choosing the "wrong" things, they might not have the energy to complete various tasks later on.
Summary
In this project my main role was being the project manager. This was my first time in such position and even though the beginnig was hard, I asked for help and support and as time passed I became more and more confident in my role and myself in general. I have planned the meetings: What is our main goal? What is our goal today/this week? What do we have? What needs to be done? Who does what?. Also kept track of the requirements and our progress, was in contact with the client. Besides managing the work and plans, I have helped with implementing the game into Unity based on the prototype in Deig. These tasks included creating the main menu, the dialogue system with the help of Bolt and doing other smaller tasks, such as including audiofiles into the dialogues.
