Luís Ferreira

Building Virtual Worlds - Building Virtual Worlds' main purpose is to develop prototypes in a short period of time (normally between one or two weeks). All virtual worlds are done by a team of four members: 3D designer, texture artist, sound designer and programmer.

 

The Guest Helps a Character who is afraid of Another - Spring 2013
An ETC project where the guest must help Character A to achieve a goal. while having Character B blocking the way; the project is about a guardian angel, whose main purpose is to protect a baby that is in danger

• Responsible for creating 3D characters and its respective animations.

•  Created intro and ending animations (graphic design)

•  Performed live as a guardian angel in front of an audience, during the final presentation

 

The Feeling of Freedom/Naive Guest - Spring 2013

The main purpose of this project is to create a consistent, highly interactive, and engaging experience that lets naive guests feel that they have a lot of freedom in the choices they make; the story it is about a treasure hunter, who had a plane accident and crashed in the middle of the desert. In order to survive, he must go to a village, while he tries to collect his lost artifacts

•  Responsible for creating 3D characters and objects.

• Developed the game’s concept

 

A multiplayer Activity Based Virtual World in a Week - Spring 2013
On this assignment the team had to design a multiplayer game. This project must be finished in one week. The project is about four aliens (players), who are trying to “throw” planet Earth into a black hole

• Responsible for creating and unwrapping 3D objects.

 

Interactive Story Telling - Spring 2013
In this assignment we had to design an emotional interactive story ; the story is about a snowman who sacrificed himself, in order to safe a little child from a burning house

• Responsible for creating 3D characters and objects.

• Preformed live as the "little kid" who was yelling for help inside a burning building

 

BVW Spring Festival - Spring 2013
On this assignment we had to create a virtual world that would amuse random guest in the Entertainment technology center. Our group created an Indiana Jones mine cart theme park, in order to entertain the guests; it consisted of an golden statute that was taken away by Beloq. The guest had to chase Beloq, using a digital mine cart.

• Responsible for creating and unwrapping some 3D objects

• Preformed live as the Renee Beloq, who was Indiana Jones's enemy.

 

 

Game Design - In Game Design class students prepare for a career involves designing computer games and other interactive experiences.

 

Neuron - Expand Your Brain

​In this assignment, the group had to assume the role of a game studio and develop a set of two games based on one transmidia world.

• Responsible for the concept art

• Developed and produced the Intro animation

• Design of the game visulas (electronic game and board game)

• Developed the Game mechanics

• Design of the cards  

 

 

Project Class - In project class students have to develop projects for real clients.

 

EAT & TRAVEL Online Experience - Fall 2013

The Eat&Travel Online Experience simulates a restaurant inside a ship navigating through the Tejo river. The clients can browse through the menu dishes while enjoying a beatiful cruise ship along the river

• Responsible for developing several concepts and designes for the online experience

• Created a highly realistic 3D model of a ship

 

 

FuseBox - Spring 2014

 

The FuseBox project is a game play experience, which aims to teach kids about energy sustainability. Madeira Island has its own independent energy grid and, therefore, it is important to teach children about the consequences of wasting energy irresponsibly.

• Responsible for developing environment concept art and level design.

• Responsible for 3D modelling and texturing scenarios.

• Responsible for video concept and animation.

 

 

FireCrest - Fall 2014

 

The FireCrest project is a web experience that teaches tourists and locals about safety and precaution measures before and during a Levada walk in Madeira Island.

• Responsible for co-producing the project

• Sound Designer

• Game Designer and 3D environment designer