The under presents
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The Under Presents blends immersive theater and virtual reality, allowing you to step into a world in VR where you'll interact with characters and other participants. It merges live actors and scripted performances with a narrative arc that centers on themes of time, fate and free will. - The Oculus Team
As a 3D Artist, Katie Yu was responsible for the creation of both characters and props, as well as for designing and dressing the many diverse environments of The Under Presents. |
wildbrew: elli's adventure
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Wildbrew is a puzzle adventure game about a young herbalist witch and his quest to retrieve a stolen family heirloom from a giant, troublesome plant. Use what you can find in the world around you to craft magic potions, solve puzzles, and discover hidden items in a wilderness with secrets around every corner. Get the demo here!
Katie Yu was responsible for concepting characters and environments, as well as translating the stylized 2D concept art of Elli and Grandma into 3D character models, and iterating on a number of props and plants for the game. |
Cat-A-Pillar!
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Reign supreme as the longest cat in Cat-A-Pillar!, a 3-6 player card game about building long cats out of things like dragon wings, or magma or.... octopus tentacles? Cat-A-Pillar began as a school project in Fall 2015 at the University of Southern California. Over the next 6 months, the team worked to improve the game and attract a following on social media - the game was even featured on Buzzfeed! - before successfully Kickstarting in August 2016. It then went on to become an Indiecade 2016 Select! Katie Yu was responsible for the game design, production, concept and final art, and social media management for the game during its Kickstarter campagin. |
FROM LIGHT
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The last contact Lumen received from their friend Phosphor put them on a dark planet whose star has been dead for years. Lumen, concerned for their friend's well-being, arrives on this planet in search of Phosphor, only to find that the planet is not quite as dead as it seems.... From Light is a 2D puzzle platformer built in Unity about traversing a dying planet with the power of light and photography. A 2015 PAX10 Pick, From Light is currently in development as an Advanced Games Project at the University of Southern California. Katie Yu is a 2D/3D artist on the team, assisting with environment and character asset creation to bring the game world to life. |
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Dark Soles
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Who says ghosts can't wear shoes? In Dark Soles, take on the role of a night shift shoe store clerk, bringing the best shoes a ghost could ask for to the nighttime crowd! Dark Soles is a cute conversation puzzle game about selling shoes to ghosts. A short five week Unity project, Dark Soles requires players to figure out the customer's pair of dream shoes based on hints and keywords in their requests. Katie Yu was design and art lead, producer, and a scripter on the project, responsible for the game design as well as creation of all visual assets. |
Game Jam Games
HypeWave: Battle of the BandHypewave: Battle of the Band is a crowd-surfing rhythm battle game made in Unity for the 2017 Global Game Jam. Build up hype in the crowd by playing the song, and then use that hype to generate crowd waves and knock your bandmates out of the concert venue!
Katie Yu was a designer and 2D artist for the game and contributed various sprites and small animations. |
Pillow defender
Pillow Defender is a simple tower defense game made for the 24 hour USC Hololens Game Jam. Build a pillow fort to protect your stuffed animals from the ghosts coming to steal them! If your fort didn't quite come together, you can go on the attack and launch pillows at the ghosts as well!
Katie Yu was a 3D artist and designer for the game and contributed the pillow and stuffed animal models/textures. |
