Door
Mixed media puzzle platformer · Digital Futures, OCAD University
The Door trailer.
Creators: Campbell Kramer, Corey Dean and Jeremy Nir.
Awards and festivals
Door was named one of Gamezebo's "5 Student-Made Games You Need to Play" by Jim Squires, and shown at festivals in Toronto and New York City.
Finding the platforms is the puzzle
Puzzle platformers come and go, but what if simply finding the platforms was the puzzle? That is the idea behind Door, a unique mixed media project from the students at OCAD.
One player uses a gamepad while another uses a magic marker (or chalk). The on-screen avatar explores an environment that starts out as a blank slate. There are plenty of platforms to navigate on the way to the exit, but you have to find them through trial and error. As you do, your friend with the magic marker draws them on a whiteboard.
Door is a game of discovery and exploration, and a really great example of how digital experiences can break out of conventional platforms and defy expectations. Games can be anything and anywhere.
Bring Door to your festival or classroom
What you will need: a chalkboard or whiteboard, a computer and projector, and the Door game file. Message us for details.
Press and festival contact: findthedoor@gmail.com
Meet the creators
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More videos
Vector Games Festival, SPACE Network. Our interview begins at 1:54.