Do You Know the Man with the Umbrella?
Psychological Horror • Unity • PC • In Active Development
You can download the latest playable build or watch a full gameplay walkthrough to explore the project in detail!
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Game Designer
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Narrative Designer
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Audio Designer & Composer
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Team Lead
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Gameplay Programmer
DESCRIPTION
Do You Know the Man with the Umbrella? is a first-person psychological horror game inspired by the PlayStation 1 era. Explore a decaying apartment building as reality slowly unravels around Daniel, haunted by a mysterious figure carrying a black umbrella.
ABOUT DEVELOPMENT
Originally developed as a university graduation project, the game is now evolving into a full release. Throughout development, the team continuously prototyped and refined gameplay, level flow, narrative, and atmosphere through playtesting and iteration, with a strong focus on psychological horror driven by environmental storytelling, lighting, and sound.
My Contributions
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Game Design & Team Leadership: Defined the core vision of the project, designed gameplay flow and pacing, and coordinated the overall development process as team lead.
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Narrative Design: Wrote the story, dialogue, environmental storytelling, and narrative documents, shaping the game's psychological themes and progression.
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Gameplay & UI Documentation: Created detailed design documents for core mechanics and selected UI systems to ensure clear implementation for the team.
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Audio Design & Music Composition: Composed the original soundtrack, created all sound effects, and implemented the complete audio pipeline in Unity using FMOD, with a strong focus on atmosphere and psychological tension.
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Lighting & Visual Direction: Set up scene lighting in Unity and designed all post-processing effects to achieve a VHS-inspired horror aesthetic.
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Technical Implementation: Implemented audio systems, lighting setups, and post-processing directly in Unity, and contributed to gameplay scripting and integration of mechanics.
Developer Commentary Walkthrough
A narrated gameplay presentation showcasing the complete playable demo, with commentary covering the game's systems, atmosphere, and creative direction.
Voice-over by Kseniya Prykhodzka
Narrative design
Full Game Scenario
This document presents the complete narrative scenario of the full game, detailing the story, characters, and psychological themes surrounding Daniel and the Umbrella Man. At the current stage, development focuses only on a small fragment of this scenario, which is being used as a playable demo to test core mechanics, atmosphere, and narrative delivery.
Prototype Scenario
This document contains the complete narrative scenario for the playable prototype created for the university graduation project. Designed as a vertical slice of the full game, it introduces the core story, gameplay mechanics, and atmosphere. The entire scenario has been fully implemented in Unity and is available in the current playable version.
AUDIO DESIGN
I was responsible for the full audio pipeline of the project, including sound design, music composition, and in-engine implementation. All sound effects and the original soundtrack were created by me using Ableton Live. I also handled the complete FMOD integration, implementing SFX and music systems directly in Unity, setting up events, parameters, and transitions to support gameplay states such as exploration, light-following sequences, chases, and QTE moments.
MUSIC
AUDIO EFFECTS
Below is only a small selection of the sound assets I created for the game. The number of sound versions created is indicated in brackets.
Concept art
These character concepts were created in Adobe Photoshop during the early stages of development to establish each character's visual identity, personality, and proportions. They later served as the primary reference for the final 3D character models implemented in Unity.
Daniel — Main Character
Concept Art
Final In-Game Model
Lester — Daniel's Neighbor
Concept Art
Final In-Game Model
Suspicious Man with a Knife — Enemy NPC
Concept Art
Final In-Game Model
Man with the Umbrella - NPC
Concept Art
Final In-Game Model
UI
The user interface was designed in Figma to define the layout, functionality, and player experience. These mockups served as the primary reference for both the Unity implementation and the final UI assets created in Adobe Photoshop.
Title Screen
Loading Screen
Main Menu
Figma prototypes of the game's main interface, including the Title Screen, Main Menu, Settings, and Pause Menu.
Settings
UI Implementation Showcase
Demonstration of the final user interface implemented in Unity, including the Title Screen, Main Menu, Settings, Loading Screen, and Pause Menu.
Figma mockups created for the electrical panel QTE, defining the interaction flow and visual feedback for implementation in Unity.
QTE Implementation Showcase
Demonstration of the fully implemented electrical panel QTE in Unity, showcasing the final interface, interactions, animations, and player feedback.
Visual Effects
Created and implemented environmental visual effects in Unity using the Unity Particle System to enhance the game's atmosphere, player feedback, and psychological horror experience.
