Day 1 In-Game

Making a Decision

Client Description:

– Fontys ICT pushes for integrating the sustainable development goals (SDGs) into the curriculum. Dogfood Studios happily supports this mission, and the Games for Change student competition gives a fun opportunity to provide a project with SDGs. This assignment is for the All In for Nature: Reefs & Rainforests theme.

Description of the Assignment

– Get inspired by the world around you. Focus on a reef or rainforest close to your home, one that you’ve always wanted to visit, or a fictional place that you imagine yourself in. What are the issues that affect this ecosystem, and what are the solutions to its survival? Think of grassroots, citizen-led campaigns that have made a difference in the past. What if your game could make someone feel the wonder of a reef or hear the heartbeat of a rainforest? Design a game that tells the story of a reef or rainforest under threat, and how people unite to protect it.

Game Description:

– The Students have chosen to create a decision-making game, where the player is a the manager of an underwater research facility that was put in charge of saving a fictional version of The Great Barrier Reef from environmental collapse. The game aims to show the importance of different variables in ecosystems, while also teaching players about actions that can impact reefs both positively and negatively.

Team Members:

  • Daniel Trandafir – Programmer, Coordinator
  • Park Seonwoo – Programmer
  • Giuseppe Evangelista – Artist
  • Lutcan Alexandru – UI Artist
  • Amilie Minerva van Heusden – Game Mechanics Analyst, UI programmer, Documentation

Key features of the game:

  • Players gets 5 Days to save the reef from environmental collapse
  • Making strategic decisions is key to bringing the reef back to life
  • Certain choices have unexpectecd consequences…
  • Completely original art & assets
  • Replaying the game is supported and encouraged to view all possible outcome

Supported platforms: PC

How To Play:

– Game begins as soon as you click “Start”. The player will be introduced to the world, and they can optionally go though a tutorial.

– Each day, the player can make up to 3 Decisions that impact the Reef they’re overseeing. Once 3 Decisions have been made, game moves on to the next day.

– The Decisions they make impact the Reef’s Purity & Biodiversity. Keeping these high is crucial to saving the reef. As the Reef’s “Resources” go past / below a certain threshold, the reef’s visuals change as well.

– After 5 Days of overseeing the Reef and making Decisions, the players gets to see the final impact of their choices.

Link to Playable Build

– Game can be played on Itch.io by clicking on the following link:
https://justhasha.itch.io/coral-dilemma (recommended to play in full-screen for the best experience.)