Heights is a narrative focused 3D adventure game. You play as a young artist in search of a sense of direction and inspiration. Following the passing of your grandfather, you find yourself adrift in a dream-like skyscape on a hot air balloon surrounded by pointy mechanical fish. You must keep your ship afloat while exploring and collecting items. All of this is in an effort to upgrade your ship to the point that it may brave the storm clouds looming above in order to chart a course back to solid ground.

Heights was created by Team Rabbit for the Academy of Interactive Entertainment's Major Production project. Major Production acts as a student final in which teams of around ten students are assembled from various disciplines. Disciplines include: Game Art, Programming, and Game Design/Production(this ones me). Each team was tasked with developing a game over the course of four months. I wore multiple hats throughout development, but focused on level and world building. Heights was a unique and ambitious project but resulted in an obscene amount of personal growth for me as a game developer. I was faced with a plethora of design challenges throughout and found myself stronger at the end of each milestone.