Quick Navigation: About the Game, Core Gameplay Features, My Contributions, About the Production
About the Game
Changeling VR is a virtual reality first-person interactive mystery. Enter the thoughts of each one you touch: A different memory, a different world, a different story.
Core Gameplay Features
- Narrative-Driven Investigation — Players step into the role of Aurelia, a private investigator with magical abilities, uncovering a supernatural mystery through environmental storytelling and character interaction.
- Character-Centric Vignette Structure — Each family member features a distinct, themed level reflecting their emotional state, coping mechanisms, and relationship to the central conflict.
My Contributions
As the Level Designer of Changeling VR, I:
- Redesigned the Mind Palace hub level to better reflect the core themes of memory, trauma, and identity, aligning environmental layout with narrative tone.
- Greyboxed the hub level in-engine to establish spatial flow, pacing, and player guidance with a VR-focused experience.
- Created and implemented temporary environment assets in Maya.
- Delivered the redesigned hub level within a one-month milestone, preparing a playable build in time for a public expo showcase.
- Updated design documentation for future students, outlining remaining work needed in the hub level after I departed from the project.
About the Production
Changeling VR was a project of RIT’s Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, developed by students over the course of 6 years. While I only worked on this project for 6 months in 2023, my contributions to this project remain to this day and were beautifully built upon by the talented 3D artists who brought my initial design to life with their models.