Little Mutant Boy

April 2024 - May 2024

Role(s):

Producer, Game Designer, Programmer/Scripter

Tools(s):

Unreal Engine

Little Mutant Boy is an adventure puzzle-platformer where the player must use different mutant forms and abilities to navigate each level of the sewers. Each mutation offers different utility for different situations, such as the gooey arm ability, allowing the player to latch onto and pull themselves to a wall from a distance away, or the atomic strength, letting the player use super strength to move heavy blocks around. As the players mutant powers grow, so do the challenges they face.

This is a project build in Unreal Engine 5 over the span of 7 weeks, approximately 50 hours total, through the work of six team members with the grand objective of creating one level of industry quality. The project was part of the Prototype Game Development course at Academy of Art University.

Credits:

Producer: Ahren Foreman

Scripting: Ahren Foreman, Hassan Fakih, and June

Level Design: Bailee Wines, Piers Issler, and Eric Pohlman

UI/SFX: Piers Issler and Ahren Foreman

Gooey Arms Ability

Allows the player to grapple themself to gooey surfaces, inspired by hookshot items in The Legend of Zelda series.

Atomic Strength Ability

Allows the player to carry heavy objects and place them down to, for example, keep a weighted button pressed.

Gooey Slingshot Ability

Allows the player to attach their arm to the ground, and pull away to create tension, then upon releasing, slingshot themselves in the opposite direction. This ability, however, was cut late in development.

Game Concept Art

Concept Art for Little Mutant Boy drawn by me.