THE WORK BETWEEN IDEA AND RESULT
Behind the build
Blockouts, sketches, tools, and working screens from my earlier Notion portfolio. These are records of design and iteration, with the rough edges that come with figuring something out.
Captions describe what each archive image shows. Gameplay excerpts and research references provide context; they do not imply ownership of every asset or a finished product. Open any image to see the original capture.
01 / EDITOR CAPTUREView original ↗Playable spaces, in progress
An environment under construction, with editor guides, traversal elements, and unfinished surfaces visible.
02 / FLOW SKETCHView original ↗Thinking through the route
Hand-drawn puzzle spaces and an annotated player route. Design decisions begin long before final art.
03 / LEVEL BLOCKOUTView original ↗Reading the whole level
Multiple views of a working level layout, bringing paths, elevation, and the overall space into one study.
04 / TOOLING CAPTUREView original ↗Tools for experimentation
A primitive-shape scene and its controls, preserved from the tooling section of my earlier portfolio.
05 / LAYOUT DOCUMENTView original ↗Planning in more than one view
Top and side views use a shared symbol key to describe a space, its objects, and possible routes.
06 / DESIGN CHARTView original ↗Pacing the learning curve
A working progression chart tracking the introduction, practice, and mastery of mechanics across a sequence.
07 / WORKING ENVIRONMENTView original ↗Making a milestone tangible
A rough environment study with contrasting materials and connected spaces, retained as a record of iteration.
08 / GAMEPLAY STUDYView original ↗Teaching through interaction
A tutorial prompt and an input sequence shown side by side in the original custom-system design portfolio entry.
09 / ARCHIVED GAMEPLAYView original ↗From systems to play
A gameplay capture from the earlier portfolio’s Shippable Games entry, including its original interface.
10 / READABILITY STUDYView original ↗The player against the scene
A scene excerpt retained from the readability section of my earlier portfolio.
11 / UI / UX STUDYView original ↗Information at a glance
A compact score and ability-display excerpt from the earlier UI/UX research entry.
12 / RESEARCH DOCUMENTView original ↗Connecting clues
A working table of puzzle clues, encodings, and interpretations from the ARG section of the archive.