Prélude

The true-untold-story-of-behind-the-scenes-of-life

Short Story

“ Your Mayorshipfulness begins with a budget ranging from $20,000 to $100,000, depending on where you choose break ground (easy to difficult terrain). You then set about building and maintaining your simulated city, creating industrial, commercial and residential zones with roads, schools, parks, police stations and the like, all in the name of keeping the residents happy and industrious and, thus, paying taxes that add to your budget [...]. ”

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Discover the creative writing burst & epic peripeteia of a mobile phone who fell in love for its owner!

“ He secretly wished he was one of those fancy mp3 player phones so she could sing to his tones... and maybe take him in the shower. Were those high-end models waterproof? ”

Experimentation, June 2007

SimCity DS

Game Review (3 out of 5)

“ Your Mayorshipfulness begins with a budget ranging from $20,000 to $100,000, depending on where you choose break ground (easy to difficult terrain). You then set about building and maintaining your simulated city, creating industrial, commercial and residential zones with roads, schools, parks, police stations and the like, all in the name of keeping the residents happy and industrious and, thus, paying taxes that add to your budget [...]. ”

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Evergeek Media, 2007

Chickn 2go

Fingr Clickn' Good!

“ Chickn 2go is a game where players play as Cluckie the chicken mascot. They get to mix ingredients and cook recipes, on their mobile phones. Through different mini games, the players experience a brand new chicken flavored humor! ”

Download the Design Doc! (pdf) or .doc if you'd like!

Milky Entertainment, 2007

Media: the Modern Black Art

Discover the dark world of journalism...

“ Media: the Modern Black Art is an RPG game where the player is a young journalist starting his/her career in New York. Several paths are available (news, entertainment, sports, science, etc) and the game is based on a big interactive story with lots of mini games. ”

Download the Design Doc! (pdf) or .doc as usual ;)

VFS Project, 2006

Granny Janis

Don't Piss Off Grandma!

“ Granny Janis is a third person shooter where the players take the role of an unusual grandmother. With her sawed-off shotgun what shoots dentures, Granny goes shopping, taking over the fish store and stealing bigger wheels for her Scottish red supermarket trolley. ”

Download the Concept Doc! (pdf) or .doc as usual ;)

VFS Project, 2006

Entomophobia

Watch Your Steps

“ Entomophobia is a third person survival horror. Leaving your fancy loft in New York you took a cab to wake up in a strange and dark place. There is no window and all you quickly discover that you are trapped with insects and scorpios. ”

Download the Concept Doc! (pdf) or .doc as usual ;)

VFS Project, 2006

Crash & Bash

Just beat’em up!

“ Crash & Bash is a racing/fighting game where the players enter the world of underground street racing. On and off the road, the players will encounter aggressive opponents. Be good at racing and take care of your ride or be quick on your feet and teach them a punchy lesson they won’t forget. ”

Download the Concept Doc! (pdf) or .doc as usual ;)

VFS Project, 2006

Born and raised in the beautiful province of Québec, Mélanie quickly fell in love with video games. In her early days, she would play Snakes, Asteroids, and Night Stalker.  A few years later, she played […] to finally graduate from the Game Design program at Vancouver Film School, commonly known as VFS.  She currently lives in Montréal, dreams of game mechanics, and works as Game Designer at EA Mobile.

“ We're all from the iPod generation, earbuds in our ears like wedding rings. ”

“ Melanie has always displayed a high degree of integrity, responsibility, and ambition. She is definitely a leader rather than a follower. […] She is also a most dependable team player […] [and she] always dealt with collaborators and partners, like Nokia, in a professional manner. ”

Jacob Tran
Game Design Instructor
Vancouver Film School

“ What I especially enjoyed about Melanie’s work is her ability to branch out in unexpected directions with great results. She always finds a way to put her own unique spin on everything. […] Melanie has a great and infectious attitude and got along tremendously well with all students and staff here […] and is exceptionally passionate. ”

Andrew Laing
Game Design Instructor
Vancouver Film School

“ Mélanie has proven that she possesses a strong set of both creative and technical skills. She is professional, diligent and has demonstrated a great degree of initiative. ”

Noémie Dupuy
Associate, Producer
Wave Generation

“ Through three years of studies, […] Mélanie proved she was able to deliver a serious amount of work through all the stages of the production process. ”

Jérémie Bernard
Multimedia Instructor
Cégep de St-Jérôme