Heather Chen

MFA design & technology
Heather Chen is a game designer and immersive media artist exploring memory, sensory experience, and emotional storytelling through interactive environments, combining game design, installation, and spatial narrative to create deeply personal and atmospheric experiences.

Echoes of Memory

2026

Echoes of Memory is an Unreal Engine based interactive game that explores how memory is triggered through sensory experiences. The project presents a series of semi-realistic, slightly surreal environments inspired by different stages of autobiographical memory. Designed to be experienced on a computer using keyboard and mouse, the game combines environmental exploration, ambient sound, music, and short text fragments. Rather than telling a linear story, these elements function as triggers that evoke emotional and involuntary memory. Through iterative prototyping, the project develops into an immersive system that invites players to reflect on and connect with their own personal experiences.

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