Ferruccio Cinquemani – Game Designer

Various Games Made in Dreams – 2019

Pancakes? Pancakes!

  • An arcade game inspired by Game & Watch games, reinterpreted in a modern way.
  • The player controls a father making pancakes to his child and has to juggle eggs – that are cooked until they eventually become pancakes – and toss them to the kid at the right point to increase the score.
  • The game features two difficulty modes and is optimized for VR.

What I did in this project

I did all the game design and scripting, most of the art and audio design.

Where can you get more information

You can play it in Dreams: https://indreams.me/dream/mwECTCkRdDj

I wrote about the design process and the inspiration behind it here: http://www.cinquemani.it/2020/10/25/making-pancakes-pancakes/

The Forgotten Hero

  • A puzzle platformer where the player doesn’t control the character directly, but rather removes obstacles and interacts with the environment to clear the way.
  • The game is inspired by classics such as Lemmings and Nebulus

What I did in this project

I did all the game design and scripting, and part of the art, animation and audio.

Where can you get more information

You can play it in Dreams: https://indreams.me/dream/mfNHoFPWSEr

Mini Astro Adventures

  • A 3D action platformer with a focus on environmental puzzles I am making in Dreams. It started as a project I made with my kids with their input on the design of the main character, story, levels and puzzles.
  • The game features, at the moment, three full levels, an introductory cutscene, and a hub level
  • The concept is based on the main character, Mini Astro, journeying through different dimensions (i.e. different games) searching for his lost dad
  • During the making of this project I gave myself some restrictions:
    • Each level should be based on a different visual style
    • Each level should have the same basic controls with two buttons reserved for each level’s special powers
    • Every level should be based on two unique powers of the main character
Hub level
Screenshot from the intro
First level – Timeland. In this level Mini Astro can stop and rewind time to manipulate the environment
Second level – Clockwise World. In this level Mini Astro can rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise some elements of the level
Third level – Cake World. In this level Mini Astro can flip the whole level and freeze/defrost cakes and cookies

First level playthrough

Second level playthrough

Third level playthrough

What I did in this project

I did everything (game design, scripting and art) excluding audio.

Where can you get more information

You can play it in Dreams: https://indreams.me/dream/mMuQmXQmLrV

Dreams of Pinball

  • The first project I made with the console game engine Dreams.
  • A classic pinball game with a focus on score chasing, with combos, multipliers and secret objectives.

What I did in this project

I did everything (game design, scripting and art) excluding audio.

Dreams of Pinball

Where can you get more information

You can play it in Dreams: https://indreams.me/dream/mppLVCtojdz