Rise From Ruin

Rise From Ruin is a game being worked at Champlain College as a Capstone project in fall semester of 2024 continued in the spring semester of 2025. The team is comprised of 17 senior students and a sophomore student, those being Technical Designer Brigham Boice, Programmer William Box, Animator Ben Buscher, 3D Character Artist Bre Diodati, UI Designer Isaac Eddy, Programmer Liam Harrison, 3D Character/Environment Artist Megan LaForce, Level/Technical Designer Declan Lynch, Producer Jack McGovern, Programmer Evan Norzow, Technical Designer William Rutherford, Music Composer Andres Sanchez, Systems/Mechanics Designer Caleb Secrest, Narrative Designer Maxxine Stutt, Programmer Peter VanderRhodes, SFX Designer Danni Vecchione, Level/Technical Designer Ethan Visco, VFX Designer Ian Whatmough. The brief overview of our game is a Third-Person Character-Action game where the player takes control of a giant beast who is virtually unstoppable, trying to protect a city that has been attacked by an outside force. The art direction of the game is heavily inspired by, yet notably not based within, Norse mythology and culture.