Dark Fracture

DARK FRACTURE

Lead Game Designer | 2019 – Present
Lead Programmer | 2019 – Present

  • Prototyping, designing, building, and improving the game level designs and game-play direction. These include the story, narrative, events, lighting, sound design, shaders/materials, post-processing, placements, VFX, user interface, optimizations, collisions, and every aspect that is handled within Unreal Engine.
  • Programming, testing, and polishing game-play mechanics and events in-game levels, and providing updates to production members on decisions made and changes, etc.
  • Creating and animating cinematic sequences and in-game cut-scenes. These include many first-person POV cut-scenes, etc.
  • Assigning 3D modeling missions, and providing feedback to the 3D modelers on their modeling, unwrapping, and texturing, including requests of models, decals, and materials, etc.
  • Meeting regularly with other production members to ensure the game goals are met and deadlines are progressing as planned.
  • Self-texturing and materials adjustments, enhancements and creations, etc.
  • Regular play-testing, debugging and polishing. As well as recruitment of playtesters who are passionate about horror games, etc.
  • Creation of game-play and cinematic trailers, covers, logos, GIFs, and other promotional media via social networks, etc.
  • Marketing by directly managing all the game’s different platform accounts and social media accounts, participating in events, submit to game awards and establishing connections with various game reviewers and influencers, etc.
  • Self-publishing of Dark Fracture: Prologue on Steam with a very positive rating of 87%.
  • Managing the game communities and communications, taking care of public relations and customers relations as well as contacts with publishers and other business-related offers.

Key Game Features:

  • Photo-Realistic Graphics: Explore the body farm’s rich and immersive environment, and a terrifying parallel world inspired by the likes of H.R. Giger and Beksinski.
  • Inventory System: Search for key game items to help your progress, pick them up and use them from your inventory.
  • Physical Items: In-game objects that can be picked up and carried around the world to help in solving puzzles.
  • Sanity Meter: Your sanity is the key to survival. Paranormal events will hinder your progress throughout the game, keep yourself sane and away from losing your mind!
  • Limited Light Sources: You will find limited light sources to navigate the environment, your light sources could potentially run out so use them wisely.
  • Dual Wielding: Holding and using two items at once allows you to strategize the complimentary usage of the tools in order to solve a situational problem.
  • Procedurally Generated Events: Varying sequences of irregular paranormal events, in addition to randomly located pick-up items that appear in different spots at each game level restart.
  • Decision Making: The decisions you make in the game will impact your storyline and outcome. Are you going to follow the system or rebel against it? Choose wisely!

Game Description: Dark Fracture is a single-player first-person psychological horror game that is currently under development through Unreal Engine 4 and targeted for release to PC and consoles in 2021.

Over the course of the game, the player is faced with the character’s inner chaos – witnessing the world change around him as the barrier between reality and imagination seems to crumble.

Dark Fracture takes place in the late ’90s, set in an isolated forested region in the rural USA. You are put in the shoes of Edward: a body farm employee who is pained by his past, and only finding solace in the medicine that helps him get through the day. Edward is barely able to cope with his personal issues, which are only intensified by him living in solitude. He puts on a brave front and dutifully wakes up for work every day. His routine serves as his only anchor, but deep inside, trouble is simmering…

One night, while working the dreaded midnight shift, a chain of disturbing events draws Edward ever close to losing his grip on reality. As the very fabric of his world seems to unravel and twist. His home of the past few years is being pulled from under his feet. The cruel hand of fate once more nudging him towards disaster. One that threatens to engulf Edward’s home in shadow.

Is it merely his mind playing tricks on him? Or perhaps there truly is something darker clawing at his heels, threatening to drag him into the depths? We’re counting on you to figure it out: The choices you make will shape the results of his terrifying tale. Trapped between a world of horrors inspired by the works of ones such as H.R. Giger, and the unkind reality of the body farm from whence he came. Survive a twofold nightmare in Dark Fracture!

Game Engine: Unreal Engine 4.

Platforms: PC, Consoles.

Awards: GDWC 2020 Week #23 – Winner.
GDEX 2020 Best in Sound Design – Nominated.

Localization: English, Chinese, Russian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Polish, Italian, French & Turkish.

Social Links: Twitter / YouTube / Facebook / Website