AKA Monkey the Human
Javier Fernandez
Game Designer / Artist
I am a Game Designer and Developer with over 10 years of experience across multiple creative disciplines including fine arts, advertising, and video production.
I am currently working as a Game Designer at a narrative-driven horror game.
My work 🐵
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Stuck in the Present
Gameplay Design / Narrative Design / Unity Development
Studio
Stuck in the Present is a narrative-driven, 3D side-scroller psychological-horror game. It is a single player title that focuses on two Filipino immigrants navigating an abandoned subway system filled with horrors from their pasts.
DuskWave Arts
Game Designer/Developer
September 2023
Date
Role
Being a narrative-driven game, most of my work is focused on
Narrative Design
& Visual storytelling
Planning of the narrative
Implementation in Unity
Demo & Game trailer
We storyboarded the entire narrative to secure stakeholder buy-in and align the team. The use of storyboards to plan the game was my initiative, and it became a crucial part of our development process.
Using the company’s narrative and visual scripting tools, I implemented the scenes in Unity. We collaborated closely with the writers, adjusting the triggers and timing to fine-tune the pacing and blocking.
I produced the Demo and Trailer for a submission to the Independent Games Festival. Testing, bugfixing and Narrative alignment were crucial tasks to achive this milestone.
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Fusewave
Gameplay Desing / Unity Development
Studio
Fusewave is a music creation adventure set in a cozy retro-futuristic world, where anthropomorphic animals live in a fragmented society built on the remnants of a lost civilization.
I was the lead developer for this game. I created a system for music production throught gameplay combined with rhythm game mechanics.
Buskers
Game Designer/Developer
January 2023
Date
Role
Our goal was for the narrative to come across through
Music Creation Gameplay
& Environmental storytelling
Modelling and Rigging
Level Design
Systems design
I modeled the characters and 3D assets for the game. Finding the balance between the cozy atmosphere and the sci-fi aesthetic was a creative challenge.
I implemented the level design and environment art in the engine, once again working to balance the post-apocalyptic sci-fi elements with the requirements for gameplay progression.
I combined gameplay footage, concept art, and motion graphics to create a game trailer.
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Buskerville
Gameplay Desing / Unity Development
Studio
Buskerville is a story-driven mobile RPG where players learn how to make music. It was a venture project as part of my Master’s in Digital Media at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver.
This was my first game design project, and I had to learn Unity and Blender over the course of three months. A big part of it was presenting the pitch in order to get approved.
Buskers
Game Designer/Developer
September 2022
Date
Role
Our goal was to create a
Cozy musical adventure
Unity development
Branding and logo
Using visual scripting, I developed a prototype with the game’s core mechanics and a basic music production interface.
I created the branding and logo for the project.
Creation of game trailer
I mixed gameplay footage, concept art, and motion graphics to create a game trailer.
Lets get to work!🐒