Year
February 2023
February 2023
Developed in 48 hours
Global Game Jam 2023
(Cleveland Game Developers)
(Cleveland Game Developers)
Genre
3D Top-Down
Adventure Exploration
3D Top-Down
Adventure Exploration
Playtime
5 minutes
5 minutes
Platform
Unity (Windows)
Unity (Windows)
Role
Writer, Level Designer
Writer, Level Designer
Description
Buds is a 3D top-down adventure exploration game where you control a bundle of Buds to traverse a windy canyon and catalyze the process of restoring a barren planet.
This is my first completed game — made in Unity in 48 hours for Global Game Jam 2023 as a team of two (plus a composer) under the theme "Roots." I was responsible for writing, level design, and contributed to the core concept, design, and art (including the cute little Bud you see above).
This was my first time designing a level in Unity, and I’m proud of how it turned out. This project stretched my skills in several ways: I learned about level design, reigning in scope, getting to a playable state as quickly as possible, and making compromises in order to finish a project in a short amount of time.
Play at https://budy-paco.itch.io/buds.
