Hi! I’m Viji, a game designer and writer. | viji.raja0994@gmail.com
Monument Valley 3
I designed prototypes for levels and implemented original systems, using proprietary visual scripting tools in this third installment of the BAFTA award-winning Monument Valley series, a collection of evocative, Escher-inspired puzzle games. I also pitched quests and created narrative moments. I worked on all stages of production for the game.
This is from Monument Valley 2, for which I also provided post-launch support. Monument Valley 3 is set to release on December 10, 2024.
Desta: The Memories Between
Fall into a beautiful and puzzling dreamworld. Find your friends, unlock spectacular abilities and overcome the odds in a surreal tactical dodgeball adventure to uncover the mysteries of a broken world.
I revised and wrote ability and memoria descriptions, following playtest feedback. I also worked closely with design to iterate on post-launch challenge content and verified narrative continuity. It released in 2023 for the Nintendo Switch and Steam.
I verified various systems and provided post-launch support for Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, the cross-platform game that released in 2021 for the Xbox Series X|S and on the PlayStation Store.
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
An island photography game about community and conservation. Join Alba, as she collects signatures to save her local nature reserve. And possibly start a revolution.
I provided post-launch support for Assemble With Care in 2023 with the addition of Mandarin Chinese copy and voiceover content.
Assemble With Care
A game about taking things apart and putting ourselves back together. When Maria, a globe-trotting antique restorer, arrives in the sun-soaked town of Bellariva, she helps the locals restore their belongings and lives. It released in 2020 on Steam.
Personal Projects:
This is a collection of smaller-scale games I worked on. I was the principal designer and writer on these projects, additionally providing art support.
Gayatri’s Fall is the spiritual prequel to Mind Over Manam, pictured to the right. Embark on an evocative meditation-adventure inside the mind of a young girl suffering from a life-threatening injury and revisit her final moments.
Please see the itch page for more information.
Kadalum Alaiyum is a short game adapted from a spoken word piece about refugee children escaping the Sri Lankan Civil War. Interact with characters from each child’s past and present as you search for future freedom.
Finding Semolina is a VR multilingual puzzle-adventure game about recovery and loss. Scour the realms of consciousness in search of long-lost mementos and sieve through half-forgotten conversations for peace of mind.
Please see the itch page for more information.
Dickey’s Wheely Fun Magical Good Place is a twine adventure about a blind date in an assisted suicide theme park. Your companion is a regular, but will this first date be your last?
You can read my writing sample here.
In Mind over Manam, you grow your vocabulary, and your abilities, by translating the worlds around you. But with every interpretation applied, who or what is lost along the way? f
Please see the itch page for more information.
Grand Theft Alzheimer’s is a runner/ adventure game that follows Gerald, a Vietnam War vet with dementia and a newfound affinity for petty theft.
You can read my writing sample here.
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