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The Crimson Cup

The Crimson Cup is a fun and interactive simulator game where the player is a barista working the night shift at The Crimson Cup, a coffee house that serves both humans and monsters, where “special” syrups are reserved for non-human customers. It is the player’s goal to identify through dialogue interaction and visual cues the identities of each customer and craft them the correct drink.

ROLE: Narrative Designer, Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer

FOCUS: UI asset design, title card design, writing/implementing dialogue system

TECH STACK: Adobe Photoshop, Git, Godot, JSON

TIME FRAME: November 2025-PRESENT

Overview

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crimson cup title card

This game began as a small game jam project with a team of five, but it evolved into a larger passion project as our team became invested in further developing the gameplay and characters. The game is reminiscent of a Papa’s Pizzeria type of game, but with a fun fantasy twist. Players must identify whether customers are human or not through dialogue interactions and visual hints. Primary interaction lies in clicking UI elements, dragging ingredients and cups, and selecting dialogue choices. My responsibilities included designing some of the UI assets, overall editing of assets, and writing and implementing the dialogue for each character. 

Contributions

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assets

My responsibilities / contributions: 

  • Designed the game’s title card and main menu presentation, including interactive UI elements like the Play and Guide buttons, their hover states, as well as the guide menu, in-game help button, and in-game button click states
  • Edited, composited, and integrated character and scene artwork provided by the project artist, combining layered assets for implementation within Godot engine 
  • Wrote and structured all character dialogue in JSON, including customer questions, branching responses, contextual reactions, hint system, and outcome-based dialogue tied to drink scoring system
  • Collaborated within a five-person interdisciplinary team using Git for version control and project organization throughout development