MIKE SHAHEN
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 SECOND ENCOUNTER

GAME DESIGNER - LEVEL DEISGNER
Current project in progress. An Alien Horror Investigation game. Sneak through derelict ships and stations taken over by a variety of alien presences. Discover the unique traits of the alien stalker and work to scuttle the ship and destroy the alien within.

ASCEND

LEAD GAME DESIGNER - CREATIVE LEAD - LEVEL DESIGNER - VO SCRIPT EDITOR
Capstone Game Project for the senior year at Columbia College Chicago. Climb the monolithic tower, filled with forgotten worlds and people trapped within. Move through the levels of the Tower, communicate with the trapped soul on each level, and help them find the absolution that eluded them in their lives. The project takes place on the Sea of Sands level of the Tower, helping the Guardian Fisherman resolve his resentment toward the Leviathan that destroyed his home and his people.

The creative and design lead - wrote documentation, helped create the level layouts, VO scripts, and worked closely with the other development teams to maintain vision and direction.

Ascend Concept Pitch
File Size: 70 kb
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The original pitch document for the game, picked as the project by designer vote.
Ascend GDD
File Size: 7614 kb
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The main Game Design Document I co-wrote with other leads, organized, and kept updated for the length of the development process.
Ascend Dialogue Script
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The Main VO Script for the games core level, I worked with the writers and edited the final script.

JOHNNY TURBO AND THE LIGHTNING IN HIS POCKET

GAME DESIGNER - LEVEL DESIGNER
A lost, cursed game, made during a two day Game Jam. Johnny Turbo has escaped from his game and is haunting the Game Department, use your Ghost Lightning flash drive to find and capture him within.
The files for this game got overwritten while trying to open the finished build and progress was lost forever. A lesson in proper version control. One day it will be restored and completed.
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Created the core game concept and designed the main level, acted as a pseudo-lead creator. 

SPLIT

VR GAME DESIGNER - LEVEL DESIGNER
Test project to learn about VR and development for the Oculus Rift. The player is stuck in a fractured dimension, split in between the tear, each eye seeing different aspects or sections of the world. Close one eye or the other to solve puzzles and discover why this world has been torn asunder, and how to bring it back together again.
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Wrote the initial pitch and game design documents. Designed the levels and story of the game.
SPLIT GDD
File Size: 1898 kb
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Game Design Doc outlining the main features and VR interactions.
SPLIT Story Outline
File Size: 36 kb
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Synopsis document detailing the core narrative.

HOUNDS

Level Designer
Game made during a 24-Hour Game Jam with a goal of learning to use Game Maker Studio. Rival gangs of Hounds are trying to take your turf, ride around town collecting powerups to use in a turn based combat and kick them out!
Created a paper prototype of the town level layout and then implementing it into the engine.
HOUNDS GDD
File Size: 56 kb
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Game Design Doc for HOUNDS Game Jam project.

METACOSMIC EARTH RACE

Game Tester - VO Script Writer
School capstone project that I assisted in as a directed study. A spaceship has crash landed and it's up to you to claim it first! Race between 4 players to acquire the power crystals and be the first to restart the crashed ship.
Worked as a game tester over the course of production and wrote the VO Script for the in game character dialogue.
Metacosmis Character VO Script
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Script for in game character VO lines 
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