Game Dev

Night of the Living Pumpkins

Night of the Living Pumpkins is a 2D pixel art-based platformer, that lets you play as a pumpkin on a quest to restore the Pumpkin God to their true power before midnight on Halloween. Explore the temple and help light the candles within your pump-Kin before time runs out!

Made in Unreal Engine 4

Playable here - Night of the Living Pumpkins (itch.io)

CREDITS

Cygnus Mare: Lead Programmer, Level & UI Designer

Em Sontheimer - Lead Artist, Narrative Designer & Animator

Music - PeriTune : https://peritune.com/

Out of this World

In this platform action-adventure game, the zodiacs have lost their power to return you to your home planet! Help them regain their powers by finding and collecting their star fragments scattered across their worlds.

Made in Unreal Engine 4


CREDITS

Cygnus Mare: Team Lead, Lead Programmer

Audrey Engel: Main Concept Artist, Co-Level Designer 

Kayla Hoang: Co-3D Asset Builder/Designer, Main Character Modeler 

Lindsey Crabtree: Co-3D Asset Builder/Designer, Co-Level Designer

Saiara Mashiat: Programmer

Sincerely,

Sincerely, is a cozy 3d platforming game about finding lost letters and exploring a charming island village.

This game was originally made by members of a VCU introductory game design class and then expanded on over the summer.

Made in Maya and Unreal Engine 4

Playable here - Sincerely (itch.io)

CREDITS

Programmers & Artists - Eden Neifeld, Quang Vo, Raquel Hetherington, Zekeya Hurley, Cygnus Mare, and Natt Pimsuwan

Additional Asset Creation - Cate Duckwall, Ani Bhandari, Sydney Hetherington, and Tammy Nguyen. Music by Benjamin Neifeld

Determine Destiny

Determine Destiny is a tarot themed lightbox puzzle game created for Epic Mega Jam 2022.

Made in CSP and Unreal Engine 4

CREDITS

Cygnus Mare - Lead Artist

Jane Rinaldi & Adrian M. - Programmers