Games

Murder at Supper puts a comedic and charming spin on murder mysteries. The story surrounds Geoffrey, an elderly, retired engineer who lives alone in a mansion, accompanied only by a family of robots he created to take care of him. One day, Geoffrey dies suddenly! Players assume the role of P.A.M. (Geoffrey’s Personal Assistant Machine), the lone robot on a mission to solve the untimely death of their beloved father.

• Developed in Unity & C#
• Coded in Visual Studio Code
• Version Controlled through GitHub
• Implemented dialogue through YarnSpinner

Programming

Highlights from her role as Lead Developer:

• Worked on the back end to develop an inventory system for collecting and displaying clues.
• Organized scenes with Model-View-Controller (MVC) software pattern.
• Created Game Manager Objects to connect assets in scene.
• Wrote C# scripts with respect to the official Unity documentation.

Project Management

Highlights from her role as Project Manager:

• Created and managed GitHub repository for the project.
• Formed branches for each stage of the project.
• Developed comprehensive and user-friendly documentation.
• Performed routine pull requests on the latest stable version of the project.
• Organized and maintained project assets.
• Set up a Discord webhook that delivers real-time repo updates.

You’re a grad student burdened with debt, and in a desperate attempt to keep the lights on, you opt for an unconventional method: going on dinner dates with rich men who will cover the check. The men, however, are some of the most outlandish playboys out there. And the only way to get what you want is to match their level of weirdness. So, throw on a nice outfit, fake a semi-convincing smile, and get ready to redefine “freaky” romance.

• Developed in Unity & C#
• Coded in Visual Studio Code
• Version Controlled through GitHub
• Implemented dialogue through YarnSpinner

Programming

Highlights from her role as Gameplay Programmer:

Players make narrative-based decisions to charm the bachelor of the evening, Jeremy, into paying the bill. Nicole utilized YarnSpinner & C# to systematically create a conversational gameplay loop. See here for more information.

Project Management

Highlights from her role as Project Manager:

• Created and managed GitHub repository for the project.
• Recorded detailed and user-friendly documentation.
• Developed a keyword system for script updates between writers and developers.
• Organized meetings to develop project plans.

Nicole created and managed a repository for the project, which allowed her to sync her and her group members’ work over multiple computers.

She also frequently met one-on-one with each group member to sketch out a timeline of deliverables. See here for more information.

After an untimely death, the player finds themselves transported to a subliminal realm. Guided along a neural path, they interact with their organs to uncover the truth about their passing, and if it’s too late to reverse it.

• Developed in Unity & C#
• 3D Models built & textured in Blender
• Coded in Visual Studio Code
• Version Controlled through GitHub

Programming

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Version Control

Nicole created and managed a GitHub repository for the project, which allowed her to keep track of her work.

Long ago, a genius named Leonardo da Vinci revolutionized mankind’s approach to innovation as a whole. One day, though, he died. This is not his story. This tumultuous tale is about another Leo: an average artist on a peaceful prairie ranch. One stormy evening, as he paints a tornado in the eye of a storm, lightning strikes, infusing his tools with magic. Now, everything he paints comes to life. Chaos ensues when a portal is opened to another dimension, unleashing an art thief that steals one of Leo’s enchanted brushes. Leo must take down the art thief before the art thief conquers the world.

• Developed in Unity & C#
• Coded in Visual Studio Code
• Art sampled from Liberated Pixel Cup (LPC), with additional art made in Photoshop
• Implemented dialogue through YarnSpinner
• Version Controlled through GitHub

Programming

Players make narrative-based decisions to charm the bachelor of the evening, Jeremy, into paying the bill. Nicole utilized YarnSpinner & C# to systematically create a conversational gameplay loop. See here for more information.

Version Control

Nicole created and managed a repository for the project, which allowed her to sync her and her group members’ work over multiple computers.

She also frequently met one-on-one with each group member to sketch out a timeline of deliverables. See here for more information.

A thrilling and comedic twist on a classic tale of thievery, Heist Crisis is an RPG following a stealthy money heist gone wrong. After the alarms are tripped on the main character’s exit, they must now break *out* of the bank by navigating from the vault to the rooftop, where the escape helicopter awaits. Use the money from the vault to buy weapons, tools, and gadgets to avoid capture.

• Developed in Python & IDLE
• Art & Design using ASCII art

Programming

What started as a class project quickly evolved into an RPG storyline of its own. She wrote and designed the game, developing visuals out of ASCII art in a notepad application.

You can read more about the programming for the game here.