BLIND WINK GAMES

Matter

Role: Systems Design

I was brought on as one of two designers in the early design process for the game “Matter”, the unreleased flagship title of Blind Wink Games.  Blind Wink Games was a venture by film director Gore Verbinski, famous for the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.  The game was planned as an early release for the Microsoft Kinect that featured a novel gesture control system, beautiful concept art by Syd Mead, a narrative by Gore Verbinski, and a lot of potential.

I was brought on to invent and explore the potential of novel core mechanics for their gameplay, which was a bit rudderless at the time.  I drafted a narrative design document that used an approach focused on interactive vignettes, similar to what we now see in games like Telltale Games’ Walking Dead series, as a method for keeping a cinematic approach to gameplay, and paired this with puzzle gameplay focusing on reflected image based mechanics similar to the anamorphic puzzles seen in “Superliminal”.

An early cinematic teaser for the game can be viewed here:
https://vimeo.com/43558851/