Dragon's Journey

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Dragon’s Journey is a 3D platforming exploration game where the player is Ruby, a little red dragon who is teleporting around the magical land in order to gather all the brightly colored gems scattered around the world. The player must make him jump to get to gems that are too high or to avoid falling into water and other dangers. As the game progresses, Ruby faces more difficult challenges that require more precise timing for jumps.

The goals of this project were to create a magical aesthetic by bringing together many different components including the player character, environments, lighting, particle effects, and background music. I also wanted to make an engaging and captivating magical experience for the player through levels that are distinct but also make up a cohesive whole which flows well together.

All art assets are from the Unity Asset Store (see credits page for details).

Dragon’s Journey is a 3D platforming exploration game where the player is Ruby, a little red dragon who is teleporting around the magical land in order to gather all the brightly colored gems scattered around the world.

Dragon’s Journey Gameplay (Level 2)

Moodboard for the Magical Theme

Concept Document- Essence and Overview (page 1 of 2)

Concept Document- Gameplay and Goals (page 2 of 2)

Level 1 Overview-
This first level serves to introduce the player to the basic mechanics of the game.

Level 1 Whitebox

Level 1 Flowchart

Level 1 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 1 of 3)

Level 1 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 2 of 3)

Level 1 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 3 of 3)

Level 2 Overview- This water-based level introduces more challenge as the player use their skills as jumping with precise timing to avoid several opportunities to fall in water.

Level 2 Paper Layout

Level 2 Flowchart

Level 2 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 1 of 3)

Level 3 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 2 of 3)

Level 2 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 3 of 3)

Level 3 Overview- This forest-based level introduces a few more basic mechanics and progresses the player’s
experience with slightly increased difficulty.

Level 3 Flowchart

Level 3 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 1 of 4)

Level 3 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 2 of 4)

Level 3 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 3 of 4)

Level 3 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 4 of 4)

Level 4 Overview- This sky-themed level introduces a more complex mechanic to get the player to reach gems in
higher places.

Level 4 Flowchart

Level 4 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 1 of 3)

Level 4 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 2 of 3)

Level 4 Detailed Objective and Construction (page 3 of 3)

Level 5 Overview- This final level combines mechanics and environments from the previous four levels into a large final
challenge which is broken up into several different sections.