Ruben’s Puppets
Ruben’s Puppets combines real-time strategy with third-person action. It was my thesis game for the MFA in Interactive Media & Games at the University of Southern California, shown at the thesis show.
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You traverse, interact and gather inside a large conflict played out by two opposing puppet factions. Your goal: fend off the Tin puppets and free the creator of the puppet world, who is being held hostage.
- Support or manipulate the puppet economies.
- Fight hostile puppets with your bow and arrow.
- Outsmart the enemy general.
Team: Caleb Bladh (motion capture), Mariana Cacique (character design), Ryan Andersen (music), Karter Duff (narrative), Selina Liu (RITE playtesting).
Thesis committee: Richard Lemarchand (chair), Karen McMullan, Carl Schnurr.