JESTERS DRILL
VR DEVELOPMENT / GAME DESIGN
Midnight Mischief at Mallow's Carnival
UNITY / FIGMA
2025
OVERVIEW
You're the new night shift security guard at Mallow's Carnival. It's your first night, and something is VERY wrong. The animatronic carnival mascots have malfunctioned and are wreaking havoc. Armed with experimental "non-lethal deterrent tools" — aka absurd weapons — you must complete increasingly ridiculous security protocols before sunrise.
CONCEPT & INSPIRATION
I've always loved the aesthetic of carnivals — the colors, the rides, the slightly creepy vibes they can have. When I found the POLYGON Horror Carnival asset pack on the Unity Asset Store, I knew I had to build something with it. The idea of turning a fun carnival into a VR horror-comedy experience with malfunctioning animatronics and ridiculous weapons just clicked. It gave me a chance to create something visually interesting while pushing my VR mechanics in Unity as far as I could.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
MECHANICS:
LOCOMOTION:
Continuous move, snap turn, climb provider
ZONE
INTERACTIONS:
Barrier detection, trigger zones, radio briefings
HAND
INTERACTIONS:
Grab weapons, grab levers/wires, socket objects, climb ladders
WEAPON INTERACTIONS:
Shoot 3 types of guns, toggle weapons
UI INTERACTION:
Wrist main menu, weapon select, equipment toggle, minimize/expand menus, scene transition