AI2U | Yibing Chen

AI2U - With You 'Til The End

Team Size: 17 | Engine: Unity 3D | AlterStaff Inc. [August 2023 - Ongoing]
My Roles: Gameplay designer, level designer
Open Beta: itch.io
Steam Demo: Steam

AI2U: With You 'Til The End (originally known as Yandere AI Girlfriend Simulator) is an interactive, first-person puzzle game where you must escape characters desperate to keep you by their side… so much so that they will resort to drastic measures to keep you from leaving!

This first-of-its-kind escape room game features unpredictable characters with dialogue, items, and levels powered by AI. Along with interactive puzzles, you can use your words to outsmart your captors or negotiate your way out of their worlds. Explore the spaces where they keep you trapped, and discover the mysteries that lie in their strange abodes. Your choice of words and interactions with your surroundings result in unique gameplay every time you play.

My Responsibilities

Game Design

Create detailed design documentation for each level and iterate design on playtest feedback.
Fine-tune AI NPC's prompt to create an immersive conversational gameplay experience.
Design game narratives and write in-game dialogues.

Level Design

Design and greybox levels in Unity 3D.
Set-dress the level with environmental assets.

Production

Manage design and development teams' production schedules and tasks.

Gameplay Design - Worlds, Puzzles, and Personalities

Level 1 - Catgirl's Apartment

Level 2 - Witch's Cabin

While the end goal is always escaping, we want players to have a fresh experience playing each level. We designed each level based on a different theme -- modern apartment, mythical witch, futuristic space station --and each character with a unique personality, speaking tone, and storyline.