Genre: mobile f2p narrative driven
Keywords: humor, large cast
Format: mobile
Developer: Tactile Games
Google Play
About the game:
Lily’s Garden is one of the most successful narrative driven puzzle games of the last couple of years. With over 50 million installs and a hige retention rate, the game continues to be a strong presence in the mobile narrative realm.
What I did:
I took over as game director at the start of Chapter 6, leading the full narrative team (writers, cinematic artists, 2D and 3D artists) through the weekly release cycles and improving the general workflow. I was able to move the weekly production schedule almost 4 weeks ahead of release, while improving the health of the work environment for the team.
I introduced new gameplay elements (tap to reveal, hidden object) into the core story structure and worked with programmers and cinematic artists to get these elements successfully implemented into Unity.
Next to this, I worked on raising the cinematic excellence of the game by introducing new ways of visual storytelling and encouraging artists to experiment and explore. This also meant revisiting the existing story content, and updating/improving it.
Together with game design, production and player research, we defined and developed new features (indoor stories, makeover stories) to be tested and added.
Examples:
Below is a video of the full gameplay for Story Day 170 (the end of Chapter 6), which features improved visuals and VFX plus the introduction of a new gameplay element (a hidden object-like function).
This is a 30 sec video at the end of Story Day 181 that we made as a Titanic spoof: https://www.facebook.com/lilysgardengame/videos/845396343119519/
Reviews and articles:
Large 2024 interview on Pocketgamer.biz about Lily’s Garden and narrative in mobile
Article about autism, acceptance and diversiity in Lily’s Garden’s storyline
Pocketgamer.biz background article, mid 2023
Awards and Nominations:
Best Use of Narrative in an Event (Lily’s Makeover) – Liftoff 2024 Mobile Gamedev Awards
Best Seasonal Event (Lily’s Christmas Makeover) – Liftoff 2024 Mobile Gamedev Awards
Best Live game – Spilprisen 2024
