An Artist's Perspective

The player steps inside an abstract painting and finds themselves in a surreal, painterly world. To progress, they must explore the space, identify the correct paintings scattered throughout the level, pick them up and place them on easels at precisely the right position and orientation. The puzzle is solved not by brute force but by perspective. When the player finds the exact viewpoint from which everything aligns, a visual bridge materialises and opens the path to the next level.

Every aspect of the project (game concept, level design, puzzle mechanics, interaction systems and technical implementation) was conceived and built by me over the course of six months. I designed the full puzzle structure and tuned the mechanics iteratively, always testing whether the experience felt intuitive and rewarding rather than arbitrary.

Alongside the game itself, I wrote a research paper validating whether the difficulty curve creates a proper flow state for players. I conducted user testing sessions with 8 participants and analysed the results to identify where the experience broke down. The findings revealed a number of specific adjustments needed to improve progression and maintain the intended flow, which I then implemented. The paper was awarded a near-perfect score.

An Artist's Perspective served as my graduation project for the Game Development programme at HKU, within the Interactive Media & Game Technologies department. Completing it marked the end of my formal education and the foundation of the XR development practice I have been building on ever since.