Jessika – Underneath the system

 
Jessika is a narrative game, focusing on a fictional right wing activist, inspired by the terrorist activities of NSU. The theme of the game is comparable to movies like American History X, Aus dem Nichts or Kriegerin and the gameplay is inspired by Her Story.
The game itself simulates a desktop environment and works with different media formats, that all depict Jessika who is played by a real actress. As a player the student is assigned the role of a computer specialist, who is tasked with recovering data about a potential criminal. They gain access to a Virtual Private Network (VPN) and can search a database by entering words into the search engine. If the entered word is the same as one of the tags that is attached to every media file, the player will be presented with said file and can watch or open it. A media file can be a video, image, text or sound file that contains information about Jessika.
Tri Trie Games is a group of three international students from Cologne Game Lab (TH Köln) developing Jessika as their final thesis project, in cooperation with Cologne Game Farm.

(Foto: Costa Belibasakis / TH Köln)
Teaser Trailer:
Nominations:

Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2018
Ubisoft Blue Byte Newcomer Award
For more information or our press-kit:
Please contact us via  <projectjessika at pusherman de>.
Jessika – Underneath the system is currently in Closed Beta Status.

About TriTrie-Games:

 
Pierre Schlömp Sarah Abouzari Seren Besorak
27 years old
BA Student – Cologne Game Lab
Focus: Concept, Mechanics & Narrative		 23 years old
BA Student – Cologne Game Lab
Focus: Programming & Economics		 39 years old
BA Student – Cologne Game Lab
Focus: UX, Video & Sound Design
 www.pschloemp.com  www.sabouza.de  www.pusherman.de
  This project is realized by the friendly help of:
   

The Impossible Room – Escher 2.0

For Escher 2.0 @LVR – Max Ernst Museum
Short VR Experience at Escher Exhibition 2016

Core Concept, Art Design & Music

Used Ableton Live, Unity3D, Samsung Oculus SDK

Team:
Lutz Schönfelder, Malte Dittmann, Pierre Schlömp und Hans Reitemeyer

Project Lead: Katharina Tillmanns
Mentoring: Prof. Markus Hettlich, Judith Ruzicka

Ingame:

Presscoverage:

Impressions:

Khanya – Character Concept // BA4

Semester Project for Creative Process, BA4.
Fictional Street Fighter V character concept.

Used: Autodesk Maya, Mudbox, Motionbuilder, Advanced Skeleton 5, Mental Ray, ipisoft Studio, Photoshop

Sketchfab:

Youtube:

Process:

 

2017 – Life Drawing Sessions

Warena – Augmented Reality Strategy Game

Semester Project, BA3.
Augmented Reality Strategy Game for Android and iOS devices.

Two players fight in the name of powerful companies over the dominance in the sports arena of the future. With timing, wit and a little bit of luck both participants use trading cards to develop their units, leading to an action paced battle influencing the whole arena. Not just strategy, but also the point of view lies in the hand of the player. With augmented reality you can experience the battles and victories in the virtual world up close. Glory and honor are due to the one, that stands tall as the last survivor.

Main Role: Character Concepts & Animations, UX/UI Design & Sound Design

Team: Pierre Schlömp | Seren Besorak | Dmitry Borovikov | Florian Erhard | Tatjana Engels | Felix Schade | Johannes Weber | Alejandro Borreguero | Daniel Marques

Used: Maya, Illustrator, Photoshop, Ableton Live, Unity3D

Gameplay:

Animations:

Sound Design:

Process:

 

Vehicle Concept – Samus Aran // BA 3

Semester Project for Creative Process, BA3.
Fictional vehicle concept for Mario Kart 8.

Used Autodesk Maya, Mental Ray, Photoshop

Sketchfab:

Process:

 

Elegy – Platformer

Semester Project BA1

In this challenging and atmospheric 2D puzzle-platformer you play a boy who lost his favorite pet. Now, you are trapped in a dreamlike state, wandering through a seemingly empty city. Your goal is to recollect your memories and cope with your loss. But to reach your memories, you have to shatter everything around you and take the risk of falling into the unknown…

Main Role: Character Design, Animation, Sound & Music

Used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Ableton Live, Unity, Puppet2D

Gameplay-Trailer:

Team:
Sarah Engelhardt: Environment Art, Concept Art
Florian Erhard: Level Design, Game Design, Sound
Andreas Gefken: Project Management, Game Design
Ilke Karademir: Programming, Game Design

Character Animations:

Process:

Jack & The Beanstalk