The department of Game Design at Uppsala University, campus Gotland
2D games from 2004 and onwards. We recommend you use the tag cloud to the right to browse the student work.
Natura:Reborn is a top-down action-adventure sandbox game where you craft, gather resources and explore.
Download the earlier GGC 2025 build, Reborn, on itch.io, or wishlist Natura: Reborn on Steam.
In September 2026, Stargazing Games, the team behind Natura:Reborn, received UU Innovation’s DRIVE Award in recognition of its entrepreneurial work.
Excava is a 1v1 multiplayer card game in which you excavate units that automatically battle your opponent.
Excava was awarded Best Game Design and Almedalen Public Library Award at the 2026 Gotland Game Conference!
Read the related thesis: Designing A Digital Online Multiplayer Card Game Without Explicit Tutorials And Textual Descriptions.
SCROOBLIES is a free-to-play casual mobile game that blends puzzle solving, spell casting, and swapping mechanics. In it you help the SCROOBLIES cleanse the corruption that has infested their home forest.
Visit the SCROOBLIES download page for beta availability. The iOS beta is currently closed to new testers.
In September 2026, POTIONS! studios, the team behind SCROOBLIES, received UU Innovation’s DRIVE Award in recognition of its entrepreneurial work.
Read the related thesis: Exploring retention & user acquisition in afree-to-play indie mobile game.
Laira Cut Me Open is a 2D narrative game, where you assume the role of Mary, who wakes up in a ward only to find a shocking stitched wound on her body, and all her memories lost. A clear voice remains in her head, repeating the perpetrator’s name–Laira. Burning with hatred, she sets out on a revengeful path to find the source of all her misfortune.
Play Laira Cut Me Open for free on Steam.
Laira Cut Me Open was awarded Best Storytelling at the 2026 Gotland Game Conference! In September 2026, it also won Game of the Year at the Swedish Game Awards: New Talent 2026!
