Meaty McSkinBones Trailer
Meaty McSkinBones was just nominated for a Utah IGDA Award for Pushing Boundaries!
About:
Meaty McSkinBones is a single-player puzzle/platformer where the character is split into three separate bodies. They each have unique abilities or can work together to solve puzzles and traverse the environment. It's quirky, hilarious, and a ton of fun!
Key Features:
- Over 14 unique, challenging levels
- Character-to-character ‘interaction’ mechanics where the characters work together
- A charming, engrossing story
- A hilariously gross, quirky, cheesy aesthetic
Check out the blog here!
And check out our steam page here!
Development:
- 7 months
- 13 team members + 4 contracted members
- Built for Steam using Unreal Engine 4
- Set to release April 30, 2019. Check out our steam page here
My Responsibilities:
- Create project timeline and ensure each discipline adheres to said timeline
- Create and maintain backlog
- Communicate with shareholders and external industry professionals
- Music & SFX outsourcing
- Music & SFX backlog
- Communicate design & project needs
- Provide feedback and create an iterative review process
- Marketing, including maintaining a blog and establishing presence on social media
- Steam distribution & documenation
- Gameplay design
Takeaway:
This project has been fantastic to work on. The team is very talented and very driven. This concept started as a fun puzzle game, and I think we’ve really taken it in an exciting direction; it has humor and an amazing amount of depth to the gameplay.
Our primary challenge has been the game’s art due to our studio’s limitations. We are a relatively small team consisting of 13 members, and our aim has been to create a fun, charming, and hilarious world for the players to occupy. In order to do this, we have had to utilize resources within our university and get a bit of outside aid. We have also utilized some team members for some cross-disciplinary work. We are fortunate to have team members who are hard working and talented enough to create assets that they did not originally intend for at the beginning of the project.
I think this game has really shaped up to be a phenomenal puzzle/platformer, and I am very excited to show it off when the game is ready to release in May.