Decorating an apartment with furniture from the in-game market

Work

Social fashion and lifestyle game

Organization
Disney Interactive
Role
Design Lead
Years
2009–2014

Disney’s City Girl is a social life-sim from Disney Interactive’s social games group. Players create a 3D avatar, decorate an apartment, build skills, and pursue story-based careers like fashion designer and chef, while friends vote on each other’s daily look.

My role

I was design lead on City Girl, part of my work as head of game design for the Eugene studio.

Disney City Girl trailer · Download MP4
Career cards for Fashion Designer and Chef
Story-based careers
City Girl's core game loop: needs and energy feed skills, clothing, décor, and jobs, which earn money
The core game loop, from a Playdom Eugene design deck (December 2011)
The player's avatar grabbing a snack in her apartment kitchen
Life management
The wardrobe screen, with clothing on the left and a 3D avatar on the right
3D customizable avatar
Two friends' avatars side by side in a street at night, with the prompt 'Who is best dressed for Makeover Monday?'
Fashion and the daily look, voted on by friends