It's A Whisky Business

It's a Whisky Business was completed during my third year at Abertay, working together with 7 other developers to deliver a game project that could entertain while also raising awareness to players about energy use in the food and drinks industry.

Working together with a university based client and Transform Net Zero, we delivered a single player management simulation game (inspired by the likes of Papers Please and Not For Broadcast) that focused on the various processes involved in the production of single malt whisky, and challenged the player to be as efficient as possible in managing the supply of power to different parts of the manufacturing pipeline.

My own role on the project was as a lead designer and producer, informing much of the core mechanics based on my experiences in the whisky industry, as well as managing the team and running the Jira instance, scheduling meetings with the client, and creating progress reports and presentations.