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Hollow Signal — Vertical Slice
A short narrative puzzle slice where the environment teaches the rules before the puzzles test them.
- Type
- Team prototype
- Status
- Vertical slice complete (sample)
- Timeframe
- Draft timeframe
- Context
- Small team (sample)
- My role
- Game Designer
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Overview
The slice was built to test one thing: whether the environment could teach a rule before a puzzle demanded it. The team needed a short, complete sequence that someone who had never seen the project could finish in one sitting.
Role & contribution
Game Designer
Designed the puzzle chain and the teaching sequence, and turned playtest notes into concrete revisions.
- Designed the opening puzzle progression.
- Wrote the design documentation the team worked from.
- Facilitated weekly playtests and consolidated feedback.
Tools
UnityFigmaMiro
Process
Paper-tested the puzzle chain, built the slice in engine, then revised the onboarding beat after players missed the core rule.
Challenges & solutions
Players understood the puzzle but not the rule that made it solvable.
Rewrote the first room so the rule is demonstrated environmentally before it is required.
Outcome
A completed internal slice used to validate the puzzle loop. No public build.
Testing the teaching moment matters more than testing the puzzle itself.
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