Overview:
This was our game jam game for the 2018 iThrive Game Jam in May of 2018, in which the theme was empathy. Our team created a game based on your decisions, or lack thereof, to help people on your way on a bus through the desert. We won 2nd place overall, with best art and best design.

My Role:
I worked as a lead programmer and producer, writing most of the code for interactions, visual effects, audio, and coordinating with 2 other programmers who wrote the event system, and character AI, respectively. I also worked with everyone to I ended up having to fill the role of UI designer as well, working with out artist and sound person to bring all the scenes together.

Link to GitHub Repository.

Lessons Learned:
I ended up learning a lot with such a large team. Working with so many people gives you a lot of capacity to create content, but it adds quite the overhead to wrangling a bunch of people into one room and make sure that they’re all working towards a cohesive game. I got to work with audio people and spend more time playtesting and refining user experience.