Game Projects | Ade Doherty

Projects

Harmony Express (2023).

Project Type- Summer Internship

Link to itch page: https://octopus8studios.itch.io/harmony-express

What did I do on the Game?

Artist

-Drew concept art and initial sketches for the characters and environments.

- Drew the in game assets using Photoshop.

- Was in charge of designing and the environments for the player to explore.

- Created and drew all of the UI elements of the game.

Puzzle Designer

-Helped the designer with the gameplay flow.

- Had to plan out the puzzle logic to ensure that players will not get confused on what to do next.

- Had to make sure that the puzzles made sense with the art I had created.

-Play tested the puzzles multiple times in order to make them perfect.

Executive Summary

A point-and-click mystery romance adventure, where you use your flirtatious abilities to find the criminal(s) to gather information and evidence by exploring different areas of the train and meeting a large colorful cast of characters.

Melon Island (2024)

Project Type- Final Year University Project

Executive Summary

Melon Island Is a 2D platformer made in Clickteam Fusion. The player controls Goopey an Octopus/Squid hybrid, who is on a quest to save the ocean from chaos. In the game Goopey swaps between swimming in water and moving around on land having different controls and movements for both.

Link to itch Page:

https://adevd.itch.io/melon-island

What did I do on this game?

Artist

-Drew concept art and initial sketches for the characters and environments.

- Drew all of the assets for that appear in the game in Aesprite. creating sprite sheets and tile sets.

-Had to animate all of the characters and enemies and tweak them according to changes in the design.

Design

-Designed the player characters movement abilities and attacks.

- Designed all of the levels in the game.

- Play tested and refined the levels till they were just right.

- Designed an entire Boss fight. including different phases and attack patterns.

Programmer

-Programmed all of the previously designed elements into the game.

- Animation programmer

- Audio programmer.

- Boss programmer.

BubbLIN up
(2025)

Project Type- 2025 Global Game Jam

Executive Summary

Bubblin up is a 3D platform foddian game made in Unreal Engine 5 where the player controls a little bubble girl called Bella Bubbles as she moves through an abstract bedroom like in environment as a deep distinguished narrator tries to understand the meaning of the game.

This game was made in 2 days for the 2025 Global Game Jam. The theme was bubbles with a Y2K Aesthetic.

Link to itch page:

https://adevd.itch.io/bubblin-up

2D Artist

-Was in charge of working on the 2D art and animations for the game.

-Drew concept sketches for the main character

- Drew both front and back sprites for the main character in

Adobe Animate.

- Worked on a fast deadline and had to be efficent in how

quickly the animations were made.

Level Designer

Helped design the level including a rough white boxed version inside Unreal Engine 5.

Designed the obstacles and the movement pattern that the

player would need to navigate through.

Created quick detailed mop ups that was talked through

with the rest of the team.

Tested and refined the levels till they were just right.

Kintaro USA
(2023)

Project Type- University Team Game

Project.

Executive Summary

Kintaro USA is a 2D top down side scrolling beat em up made in Clickteam Fusion inspired by arcade games of the 90s. Kintaro USA is a comical game loosely based on the Japanese folklore hero Kintaro as it follows the titular hero on a quest to save the president of America from Big Carp and his evil fish army.