Keyan Zhang
A gamer, and a game designer
SACRIFICE FOR SCIENCE
ASYMMETRIC TWO-PLAYER TABLETOP GAME
SACRIFICE FOR SCIENCE is an asymmetric two-player board game where players take the role of either the Virus or the Medic and fight against each other to take control of the alien creature. The goal of the Virus is to take control of the brain and heart of the creature or survive until the Medic’s deck runs out of cards. While the goal of the Medic is to eradicate the Virus from the creature or to fully understand the Virus by achieving the major breakthrough.
Role: Lead Game Design
Collaborator: Salter Liu, Avery Holmes
MOSAIC THREE-PLAYER ABSTRACT GAME
MOSAIC is an abstract three-player board game inspired M.C. Escher's artwork. Each player will control one color, and the goal of the game is to create the largest consecutive same-colored area at the end of the game.
Role: Lead Game Design, Production
Collaborator: Noa Batle
FATAL ERROR
ASYMMETRIC HIDDEN MOVEMENT GAME
FATAL ERROR is a four-player game that takes place in a small space station with a big problem. The OVERSEER AI (or “OS”) has gone haywire and cut off all the oxygen to the space station. Players need to team up with a crew of technicians to collect all the access keys required to override the OS before oxygen runs out.
Role: Game Design
Collaborator: Kristina Atanasoski, Oliver Hong, Isabella Djurovic
UNFINISHED POEM
NARRATIVE PUZZLE GAME
The Unfinished Poem is an escape-the-room-like puzzle game for 1-4 players. Play as a memory technician hired to dig through the last memories of a poet to complete his final work. Solve puzzles and explore the map of the poet’s hangouts, changing the landscape with your memory machine analysis to view the space as he did. Complete each incomplete line of the poem to bring you closer to solving the mystery of the poet’s death.
Role: Game Design, Puzzle Design
Collaborator: Yijia Chen, Rachel Moller, Jordan Jones-Brewster