You play as a Project Manager in a game development company managing a team trying to complete projects before the deadline whilst balancing your team's (the candles) work life balance. The game aims to showcase how impossible demands & bad decisions allow crunch to sneak into a game development cycle & the human cost of complying to those terrible choices.
BurntOut Capital is also featured on Games Hub
Award: Game with Social Impact, 3rd Place | Games Bagus Game Jam 2022
Platform: Mobile | Google Play Store
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- Narrative Lead
- Writer
- Game Designer
I was involved as the writer in the original concept (Wicked Wok), that was developed as part of Games Bagus Game Jam in 2022 with a team of 5 strangers. We started with committing to the 48-hour time frame but by the end we were awarded third place for Game with Social Impact.
The project is then further developed with seed funding and mentorship for 3 months. As the scope of the game expanded, so did my role with narrative and game design.
My main goal for the project is to incorporate coherent branching narrative within design elements, finding the right balance between tone, scope, and ambition.
BurntOut Capital was successfully launched in October 2022. I had the opportunity to showcase the game alongside with my team at a local game conference, LevelUp KL 2022.
