Chia-Wen Ko
Graduated Academic Year 109
Graduated from Shih Hsin University and the Interactive Media Group of the Graduate Institute of Animation and Film Art at Tainan National University of the Arts, she is a game engineer and virtual reality engineer. Currently, she focuses on VR games, and has also released several therapeutic mobile games with the Acorn Den Studio.
Expertise
- Game Design
- Website Dseign
Awards and Grants Records
- Vision Get Wild 2021 Game Category-VR Game Category Gold Award
- Kaohsiung VR FILM LAB Award
- TAICHI (Taiwanese Association of Computer Human Interaction) 2021 Best Demo Award Best Popularity Award 3rd place
—〈以虛擬實境結合繪本形式談討後疫情時代之人際情感： VR 遊戲《蟬與花》〉 - Vision Get Wild 2021 Game Category-Creative Planning Group Finalist
Works List
- "The adventure of seagulls" physics flight game in virtual reality, to swing the arm to simulate the flight of birds.
- "The Little Yellow Umbrella" explores VR games for emotional experiences, and designs projects that are suitable for displaying and discussing issues at the exhibition. Vision Get Wild 2020 Game Category-VR Game Category and Game Category-Creative Planning Group Finalist. TAICHI 2020：Best Demo Award 2nd.
- "When the Flowers Bloom" is a science fiction adventure game with a plot based on exploring scenes, which combines 2D and 3D to represent two timelines in the same space. The scenes are separated by rooms, and the game is created using the characteristics of virtual reality. Vision Get Wild 2021 Game Category-VR Game Category Gold Award , Game Category-Creative Planning Group Finalist. TAICHI 2021：Best Demo Award Best Popularity Award 3rd place.
- "Schremmel at the Lighthouse" is a literal novel, available at Mirror Fiction.
- She is the founder of "Acorn Den Studio" with her classmate Shiue-Ying Wei and has been working as a game programmer since 2018. The main direction of development is "healing & relaxation atmosphere mobile games". Following this, the games will focus on shaping the players' emotional experience.
- "Cat Poems Along the Sea" provides an atmosphere of relaxation and healing with witty and funny poems.
- "In the Forest Christmas" is a game with an interactive imagebook as the main position, which is expected to bring players feelings of happiness.
Creation Motive
This work reflects the impact of the epidemic and climate change in the world in 2020. It is hoped that people who stick to their posts in difficult situations can be used as the starting point to create works with elements such as “hope” and “connection”.
Movie Summary
“When the Flowers Bloom” is a story-oriented VR adventure game that focuses on exploring scenes.
The story mainly tells that a researcher who lives underground after the end of the day accidentally finds plants that can adapt to the surface climate after a disaster, and decides to go through the underground city to the surface and replant plants in the wasteland.
The experiencer uses the VR handle to manipulate the light beam in the dark to guide the protagonist forward, while also illuminating the phantom illustrations buried in the scene to explore the protagonist’s mood.