Game info

The Walls Have Ears is an Interactive Diorama created by six game developers during Summer Jam, a company event that took place at Ubisoft Reflections/Leamington in August 2022.

The theme for Summer Jam 2022 was 'Building Blocks'. This was what sparked the initial idea for The Walls Have Ears, an experience where Walls - the main Building Blocks of this world - do not simply form the environmental background for the experience, but are in themselves 'possessable' objects from whose perspective players experience the unfolding story.

There is no specific 'end goal' to this Interactive Diorama experience - players can pick it up and enjoy it at their own pace, eavesdropping on the conversations taking place at different moments in time inside a fictional office building.

The Walls Have Ears takes place in the Liminal Logistics Division of Amalgamated Blocks InCorporated (A.B.C.), a company responsible for the creation and distribution of blocks. Blocks of what? Wood? Cheese? Stock? Shares? No one knows, no one has ever known. And honestly, smart people don't ask. Just try reading the manual, buddy, you'll regret it.

Wallbisoft

We are a team of 6 game developers employed by Ubisoft Reflections & Leamington.

We took part in the Summer Jam, a company event that took place in August 2022, whose theme was 'Building Blocks'.

We called ourselves 'Wallbisoft' and together we developed 'The Walls Have Ears', an Interactive Diorama.

Seb Vomvas:
- Technical and Level Design, from initial idea and prototype to final systems implementation and blockout.
- Project leadership, coordination and communication.

Ian Mayor:
- Narrative Design - setting, story, characters, conversations and posters.
- Organised and held a voice recording session with local improv actors in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Chris Turvey:
- Environment and Level Art - asset creation and placement.
- Technical Art and post-process shader creation.

Richard Robinson:
- Character Art - created six unique characters.
- Developed our characters' stylised look.

Tommy Evans:
- Rigging and Animation - rigged all characters, created animations and implemented them in the level.
- Created a number of props, including the Plant Pot.

David Requena:
- Music Composition - created and developed the musical theme for The Walls Have Ears.
- Sound effect creation - the 'wall jump' effect.

Voice Actors:
Apple - Casey Railton
Broccoli - Jon Farthing
Cherry - Kate Murphy
Daikon - Emma McIntosh
Egg - Esther Redhouse White
Plant Pot - Jacqueline Wood
Fire Alarm - Ian Mayor