Wolf & Void

Portfolio of Philipp Gullberg, independent game developer and designer.

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NTRGN (2015)

After a bit of a break from working on my own games I thought it was time to get back into it with another Bacon Game Jam. The theme this time around was Depth.

My concept revolved around decompression sickness and a diver in debt. I ended up creating quite a cool aesthetic which I spent a lot of time on, something that unfortunately doesn’t happen too often.

I’ve decided to keep working on it to improve some things and add others that I didn’t have time to during the jam.

For more information, peer feedback and downloads: NTRGN @ Bacon Game Jam 09

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STUDIO G (2014-2015)

I had the honor of being a mentor for the Studio G program for young adults with autism, teaching game development and other fields in digital media.

My three semesters with Studio G, which at the time was a pilot project, was both rewarding and hard work. My role was to help the participants find a passion which could potentially turn into a career over the course of the program. I had the opportunity to work with some amazing people, both participants and mentors alike.

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PLAY TO LEARN (2014)

Play to learn is a game for kids that are raised bilingual. The project sets out to prove that by improving a child’s primary language the secondary one will improve as well, utilizing multiple mini-games. 

Initially I was asked by Griffith University to lead a small team of students in the continued development of this game. As the project grew and the students graduated the decision was made that I would alone undertake the development of the game. I spent a few hours each week for about a year on this project and developed a good working relation with my clients. Some of my tasks were to:

Finish development of last and final game

Fix bugs throughout all games

Create a global menu system (with level selection, high scores, etc)

Improve gameplay and balance

Set the base for tracking of user behavior

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RAINBRO (2013)

This was my first attempt at doing a 48h game jam by myself. The theme was Rainbow and I decided to go back to my roots and use Processing.

In Rainbro you have to help raindrops achieve the highest honor and greatest glory: to become part of a rainbow. Millions of raindrops pursue this dream but most of them fail to understand the nature of the delicate phenomenon. Therefor you must head out with your Rainbro 3000 and aid them on their journey!

More info, feedback and downloads here.

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WIZBO CHAMBERS (2013)

My first 48h game jam resulted in this very cute top down action adventure.

In an attempt to try and learn Game Maker Studio I made this little top down adventure game with Nejdet Yilmaz. It was a massive undertaking and I can recall spending so much time handling assets, rather than actually coding, balancing, polishing or improving the gameplay. It was way to ambitious and ended up half baked, even some of NJ’s awesome pixel art didn’t get put into the game before the jam ended.

Many valuable lessons game out of this game such as scope, time management, process and to not get blindsided by new tools.

More info and download: Wizbo Chambers on Ludum Dare

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ORBIT (2013)

“Orbit is a computer game that takes a positive and practical approach to child sexual abuse prevention; an approach that is informed by evidence-based research.”

I worked on Orbit full time for about a month during 2012 and the game was officially released in 2013. My primary tasks were missions, the mission progression system and fixing bugs in the main game.

To play it and more information visit: http://orbit.org.au

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BUBBLE & BREW (2013)

My first self-published game under the name Team Mischief together with friend and artist Nejdet Yilmaz.

Bubble & Brew was an experimental project which was built over 6 months in collaboration with The Edge, SLQ. We released it for iOS 6 in July 2013 but have since taken it down.

The concept of the game revolved around the use of bar codes which players could scan using their smartphone's camera. The game would then generate an item the player could use. We wanted to make a game about alchemy with a quirky story.

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TELLUS (2012)

“Create a game inspired by one of the classics, change the gameplay.”

One of my first “original” games. I had a blast trying to learn how to code while creating this game which drew the attention of my class mates. Awesome colors and geometric shapes was all I needed!

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