Global Game Jam
GGJ is a reoccurring event based organization that is aimed to bring together designers, creators, developers and game design enthusiasts to build games, network, showcase our work and learn more about the industry. Themes and challenges accompany the event, such as game genre prompts and limited time constraints. This creates a fun, fast paced and fleeting endeavor for newly formed teams to come together and create on the spot. Click here to learn more!
2025 - Bubble.io Brawl
For the 2025 jam, the theme was "Bubbles" and my location hosted a 44 hour timespan. I worked in a two-man team with my current business partner, and also assisted in managing the site with the hosting team of board members from the STL GameDev nonprofit organization. We reached our Minimum Viable Product goals, and it was a blast to develop this project! The game taught us a valuable lesson on scope and goal setting, especially in a two-man team with other responsibilities over the weekend!
Bubble.io Brawl is a survival ".io" style game, with a twist on the genre. While all the players and enemies are bubbles, as the name suggests, there are also Predator Enemies! These spiky menaces can eat away at the health of any bubble, absorb neutral bubbles to steal your food, and track you down like a hunter stalking prey!
The scope of gameplay is infinite, and high-score gameplay based off of a "run-timer" is heavily encouraged! As you fight to survive in a world crowded by competing bubbles, how long can you last?
On PC, arrow keys or WASD will move the bubble, while Space Bar provides boost. Beware a boost-based trigger finger, you lose bubble size by boosting. The movement also incorporates drag and momentum... be careful while zooming faster and faster until you can't avoid dangerous collisions!
2024 - Tickle Monster
This year, the theme was "Make Me Laugh" and my particular event lasted for only 45 hours. Assigned to a team of brand new faces around the horn, we got to work immediately! Our concept design was to have a stark contrast between expectation and outcome when playing the game for the first time. So much so, that it just makes you laugh!
Tickle Monster is a horror-spoof mobile game! The audio and visuals have a mismatch that is sure to make you laugh, as the cute little enemies slowly begin to swarm with eerie sound and environments! As the main character, the Tickle Monster, it is your job to fend off the cute demonic enemies with your only defense... Tickling! Tickle away the enemies as fast as possible before the swarms overwhelm you with cuteness.
High score gameplay is encouraged, as you fight wave to wave. Tickle with your fingers on mobile, and rotate with your phone's gyroscope! Or choose to play on PC; right-click on mouse to pan around the environment and left mouse click-and-drag to tickle the cute enemies!
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