Your Average Bear is a stealth comedy game featuring a black bear who steals food from a human campsite for his fellow forest critters.
Created remotely with a team of 28 students as part of the University of Utah Entertainment Arts and Engineering 2022-2023 Capstone Program. Made with Unreal Engine.
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UI/UX
Designed graphical user interface elements in line with the overarching style of the game, including menus, buttons, and other various game elements
Worked closely with other artists to maintain stylistic consistency across assets
All graphics created using Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator, for use in Unreal Engine
Pause and Option menus/buttons
Designed to emulate a bulletin board with campground information, posters, and other notices.
“UBearEats” Phone Interface Quest Tracker
Allows the player to quickly check their quest progress and get hints, in the style of a messaging app.
Enemy Information Boards
The player can visit info boards located throughout the campsite to refresh their memory on the different types of enemies (and their respective abilities) that patrol the area.
Skunk portrait and frame created by other team members. Images taken from gameplay.
Human Awareness Indicator
The player can see how much the humans at the Average Campsite acknowledge the bear’s presence through a handy meter floating above their heads. Although, they’re quite slow to notice the bear sometimes…
Top: Awareness indicator in-game, implemented by the engineering team.
Bottom: Awareness indicator concepts.
Credits
Also known as “Ranger Mike’s Secret Files,” the credits reveal classified information about the team that protects the Average Campsite from any mischievous bears that might dare to trespass.
Animal portraits/illustrations created by Kira Sincock + other team members. Background image taken from gameplay.
3D Modeling
Created models/textures for two animal NPCs, Skunk and Squirrel
Modeled simple props for set dressing around the campsite
All models created in Maya 2022/2023 and textures created in Adobe Substance 3D Painter and Adobe Photoshop, for use in Unreal Engine
Skunk and Squirrel
Skunk is the player’s boss at UBearEats; he ensures that the player is equipped with all of the necessary tools and knowledge to be successful in the Average Forest.
Squirrel is one of the first clients that the player encounters, asking for a few granola bars to feed his addiction to human food.
Other animal models created by Maddie Chernosky.
Campsite Props
Miscellaneous props including water bottles, pots and pans, and a first aid kit that help bring life to the Average Campsite.
Animation
Created looping idle and greeting animations for all animal NPCs
Animated “scared run” and “angry walk” cycles for the human NPCs
All animations created in Maya 2023, for use in Unreal Engine
Animal NPCs
Each forest critter has their own looping idle animation, as well as a unique greeting animation that triggers when the player walks up to them.
Cloth simulation by Josh Poll + other team members.
Human NPCs
The humans at the Average Campsite display a wide range of emotions when encountering the bear, including, but not limited to, anger and fear.
Other human animations created by Josh Poll + other team members.
Other - Merch & Media
Designed and organized 150+ shirt orders
Printed, cut, and hand-pressed 300+ buttons and stickers
Managed social media accounts with consistent semi-weekly posting and audience engagement + outreach
YAB Bear button art (left) by Devyn Hogan-Duffy and logo art (right) by Josh Poll.
The above-average team at EAE Launch 2023!
