BUGGLE
Platform: Windows PC
Software: Unity
Duration: 72 hours
Type of project: Game Jam
Completion: 2023
Team size: 4
Role: Main programmer.
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PROJECT OVERVIEW AND GOAL
This game was created for the XP x Link Game Jam 2023. The jam’s theme was “bugs”; my team decided to take it as literally as possible. We came up with Buggle - a game where you try to defeat the most bugged browser in the world.
In Buggle, you play as a bug enthusiast. Your goal is to find your favourite bugs on the internet. But it’s not that easy! The browser is really buggy. The mechanical ants and cockroaches are trying to prevent you from achieving your goal. Will you be able to be the fastest one to get rid of the annoying bugs and complete the game?
MY CONTRIBUTION
Together with the main designer, we brainstormed the main idea for the game. I contributed by combining other ideas and suggesting the word “bug” in all its meanings. Thanks to this, our game won the “Best theme interpretation” award.
My main work was focused on programming the whole game. I created the mechanic for the ants that steal the letters. It was fun and engaging to work on because I rarely ever worked with the input fields in Unity. My most significant achievement was to recreate a cockroach movement, as someone who has never seen a cockroach in real life. My teammates were impressed with the mechanic and approved of it.
