Ambition: A Minuet in Power

Game Info

Genre: Rogue-Lite Romance Visual Novel

Platforms: PC, Mac, and Nintendo Switch

Release Date: Aug 18th, 2021

Engine: Unity

Work Summary

Position: Creative Lead, Game Designer, Writer, and Producer

  • Founded and led the independent game studio, Joy Manufacturing Co. LLC

  • Proposed, designed, and documented every system in ‘Ambition: A Minuet in Power’, including coding the original prototype and using an in-house visual branching dialog system.

  • Wrote the entire script of ‘Ambition: A Minuet in Power’, consisting of over 350,000 words and containing six diverse love interests.

  • Led research efforts ensuring that the game stayed historically accurate to its 18th century French setting.

  • Organized the creation of a successful Kickstarter campaign which raised $61.5k with over 1,000 backers.

  • Recruited, managed and led a multi-disciplinary team of eight, working remotely across multiple time zones.

  • Successfully located investors, and negotiated a publisher agreement.

  • Ran a booth promoting the game as part of the Indie Mega Booth at PAX East 2020.

Screenshots

The dialogue screen, featuring one of our main characters, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas.

The gossip screen, where the player can make money by selling gossip overheard at parties to an unscrupulous newspaper editor.

The calendar screen, where the player plans their schedule, and accepts or rejects invitations to parties.

The map screen, where the player decides where they want to spend their day in Paris.