Smoke Break!

Smoke Break! is a lighthearted 3D stealth puzzle game where you play as Applewood — a living puff of smoke. By breaking machinery, dashing past bakers, and using smoke to grow, you can hunt down the ultimate, yet elusive, burnt pie!

Game Website

Game Awards

CGC

Placed #1 In Interactivity for Collegiate Games Challenge

CGC

Placed #2 in Cinematics for Collegiate Games Challenge

SAGE

Student Game of the Year in Category: Design

GDoC

Featured in the Game Devs of Colors Expo.

My Journey in Art Production

My leadership

As an art producer, I onboarded and managed a team of 17 artists to produce 2D concepts and 3D assets for the game. Using Notion, google docs and google sheets, I created the full pipeline for asset implementations to Unity engine as well as overseen the full process.

I also assisted in organizing the art direction of the game project during pre-production.

My impact

Through focused coordination and communication, I ensured all assets were implemented into the game build within one week — meeting the Release Candidate milestone ahead of schedule.

I facilitated smooth handoffs between art and engineering, reducing bottlenecks and ensuring visual consistency across the project.

Production Problems

During pre-alpha, I identified a major blocker: tech artists struggling with Perforce due to unclear onboarding.

It was an issue overlooked by faculty as well as our team initially:

These artists were less familiar with Unity compared to Unreal Engine-- they had proficiency in skills but no context of our project's game engine.

My Solution

I collaborated with the project director to create walkthrough tutorials and helped artists get properly set up. I then proposed a formal onboarding seminar to AGP faculty, and our tutorial video became a reference for future projects.