WeKnewables

April-May 2021
Designer | City-Building Tower Defense    
Independent Game Jam Project, 7 members

Winner of the Indiecade Climate Jam 2021 Grand Prize

About: 

A 2D Tower-Defense game in which players place power refineries and buildings to provide happiness to citizens walking through the city. Users must balance satisfying citizens with the environmental impact of each building.

This project was submitted to the Indiecade Climate Jam 2021.

Role:
Designer

  • Coordinated with a team of 8 developers across different regions over nine days.

  • Conveyed the theme of renewable resources through gameplay by reversing tower defense mechanics to satisfying people and demonstrating the negative long-term effects of pollution.

  • Designed a User Interface that empowered users to efficiently place power structures and buildings and feel rewarded for it.

  • Balanced the theme and gameplay by providing options that positively and negatively affected the player’s progress in the short and long term, requiring them to make meaningful decisions.

  • Delivered the project within scope.

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