Jawad Farooq Naik
Multidisciplinary Creative Technologist

Case study

The Love Quest

The Love Quest, a Unity treasure hunt prototype for long-distance couples, built for a game design course at MassArt.

  • Interaction Design
  • 3D Motion
  • Game Design

Overview

The Love Quest is an open-world treasure hunt I built in Unity for Fundamentals of Game Design at MassArt in spring 2024. It is designed for couples in long-distance relationships. The player explores a park, answers questions set by their partner at three treasure chests, collects three keys, and unlocks a final chest holding a surprise.

Challenge

This was my first time using Unity. The full idea called for two players, one who hides the chests, writes the questions and picks the surprise, and one who searches. With limited time and beginner-level skills, I had to decide what to build now and what to leave for later, while keeping the game personal.

Approach

I started from a pre-built park environment, then focused my time on player movement, animations and the key collection logic. At each chest a riddle screen asks a multiple-choice question, such as a favorite color. A wrong answer sends the player back to that decision point, but keys already earned are kept. I designed the riddle screens with watercolor tropical flowers on soft pink and deep rose backgrounds, and a rustic gold key that matches the chests. Instrumental music plays in the background. I scaled the setting down from a remote island to a park so I could finish it.

Outcome

I delivered a playable visual demo with preset questions, locations and a final surprise, published on itch.io, where players left feedback in the comments. The project also includes a postmortem covering the build, visuals, sound, playtesting and next steps such as multiplayer and custom music.

Published Tools Illustrator, Photoshop, Unity 3D, Blender 3DView on Behance ↗

Unity Playable Prototype

Unity editor showing the park scene layout and a green Play start screenUnity editor with a treasure chest and the Riddle 1 question screenUnity editor showing the park environment and first-person game viewUnity editor with the park scene and a view down the central path

Postmortem Analysis

Title slide for The Love Quest Unity game postmortem at MassArtElevator pitch slide explaining The Love Quest treasure hunt gameplaySlide on learning the Unity interface, with three editor screenshotsRustic gold ornamental key designed as the game's collectibleRiddle 1 and Riddle 2 screens framed by watercolor tropical flowersSlide covering sound effects and playtesting on itch.ioSlide reflecting on what could be improved in the game

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