Faculty of Arts & Science

Digital Futures

Yannan Ma

Beats & Bolts

Beats & Bolts is a rhythm-based boss fighting game set in the Industrial Revolution. The protagonist is a factory worker whose job got replaced by a giant machine and the gameplay focuses on the player taking down this machine to get their job back. Beats & Bolts was made by a group of 10 students, with 4 from OCADU and 6 from UofT. Yannan Ma (Mayan) was the team lead.Since I was team lead, I contributed in several departments. I was involved in team management, documentation, 3D modeling, post-processing, asset integration, VFX, animation, game design, user experience design, coding, and playtesting. I included some of the process images that capture my processes with 3D modeling the environmental assets, drawing flipbooks on Photoshop to use in Unity's VFX graph, and creating stylized smoke and dust particle effects.I also included the trailer for the game as well as full gameplay.To download the game, visit our itch.io page.

“Tool and Skills:- Maya for 3D modeling- Photoshop for drawing flipbooks- Unity for asset integration, post-processing, and VFX graph- Visual Studio Code for scripting- Miro for organization and moodboards”