sEc0nDhAnD c0mpUtEr
A glitching mystery nightmare.
Having acquired a secondhand computer from a shady repair shop, you find yourself drawn into its cryptic world. Tasked with navigating its crashes and glitches, you strive to break free from this mysterious loop.
“Restart was the theme of this 1-day jam, and the first thing that came into my mind is that you can restart your computer. I know it almost sounds a bit too obvious and dumb, but one of our teammates, Kuwa, told us he had the blue screen show up on his laptop few days ago; and there we have the core of this game: an urban legend-like glitching loophole. Then, we also have the constrain of ‘one button’. Once again, I really want to be straight-forward as we did, so the mouse-left button is the only control involved (both idea wise and scope wise haha). My favorite part of this game is the first thing the player would see on their screen: the loading bar. I want this game to be bizarre starting from the first interaction, so I played with the urge of pressing buttons here. Sometimes a little patience would help out the situation :)“
—— Designer Notes
A USC Game X Geidai Collaboration Project
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Designer, Producer
Created the game loop, the mechanics, elements for each screen, and the interactions.
Organized the brainstorm session, documented the game design document, helped the art team to produce the assets, communicated with two artists and one engineer, and housekeeping practices.
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itch.io
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Unity, Asprite
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4
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March 2024
10 hour Game Jam in Yokohama, Japan
