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ABOUT
I'm Drew Shapiro, a game designer and visual artist based in Brooklyn. My goal is to pull people into worlds that are full of surprises to uncover and challenges to overcome. I'm currently pursuing a BFA as part of the inaugural class of Game Design at Pratt Institute.
GAMES
Check out some featured games here, or see the rest over at my itch.io page
A 2D horror physics puzzle platformer about a rat... and a dead rat.Free Game Planet calls it "horrifying and heartbreaking"and "highly recommended."Also featured in Into the Spine and Indie Games Jam
Early concept sketch depicting gameplay features such as the other rat affecting your movement rats being composed of two separate physics bodies with a joint that can bend in the middle.
Art from the game's various cutscenes, which were drawn in Procreate then edited in Premiere (spoilers!)
Molar Mayhem is a fast-paced, high score-based game where you have to survive for as long as possible without being crushed by jaws.
Featured at Wonderville and Pratt!
GMTK Jam 2023 Winner and voted #1 in Creativity by usersIn STREAMER SCREAMER, You play as Flincher, antagonist of the hit new horror game Flincher's Forest that every streamer's been playing. Find where the streamer is by watching his stream, and build up tension to create big scares and earn viewers!Created in 48 hours for GMTK Jam 2023Jackson Neu - game design, programmingDrew Shapiro - game design, level design, artAlex Junquera - music, voice acting, design
Vestige is a short open-world game about exploration, inventory management, and decision-making.Play as part of a team of alien historians preserving lost civilizations. Explore an unfamiliar(?) planet and collect artifacts from a time long past. Your ship has limited room, though, so it's up to you to choose which items are most important in preserving the legacy of this extinct species.Created by Tyler Zhang, Wilby Pham, and Drew Shapiro
On top of working on the game's design and programming, one of my major responsibilities on this project was creating art assets and written descriptions for the artifacts found within the game.
One bullet. One life. Every one you kill becomes two. Escape when the clock chimes.an empty house is a first-person shooter horror game.Drew Shapiro - Game design, programming, level design, art, sound designBee Wertheimer - Narrative design, game design, level design, art, programming
Levels in an empty house were designed to create several different "circuits" the player could go around. As difficulty increased, these circuits became less frequent to force the player to engage with enemies more.
JUMP ON HEAD is a platform fighter with one goal: JUMP ON HEAD. Casuals and pros alike can enjoy its fast-paced, responsive gameplay. Play against up to three friends (currently local multiplayer only) on six diverse stages, and try to be the last player standing!Drew Shapiro - Art, animation, game design, sound design, additional programmingJackson Neu - Programming, game designHenry Shapiro - Music
Art
JUMP ON HEAD Started out as a little game made in Scratch! Try it for yourself!Use WASD/Arrow Keys to control the characters and press R to start/restartWhen making the current version of JUMP ON HEAD, I originally intended to just remake this game as a way of learning GameMaker. I ended up deciding to expand upon it with new stages, 4-player multiplayer, controller support, etc.