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Layers of Pest Control

Layers of Pest Control is a quick single player board game with a real time element, intended to be played several times with additional mechanics added each time.

The player act as a monster exterminator trying to earn some extra money. The player will take heptomino shaped tiles (think Tetris shapes, but slightly bigger) with monsters on them and place them on a grid, so that the monsters are adjacent to weapon tokens placed on other tiles. Players should balance their use of time and space efficiently in order to reach as high a score as possible.

Layers of Pest Control at the Gotland Game Conference 2023

After playing the game once, the player can then play the game a few more times, with each new game adding on new elements that change how the game is best played.

The game was originally only intended to be used for academic research, but we decided to showcase it on GGC since a lot of our playtesters expressed that the game was really fun to play.

Layers of Pest Control won Best Game Design at the Gotland Game Conference 2023!

Team:

Johannes Cederberg – Game Design,
Bhavana Vutukuru – Art

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3D games
2nd year, GGC 2023

The Social Grip

The Social Grip is a second-person, tactical, stealth game in which players have to guide hostages they’re rescuing through the well-secured building of the leading social media company Trig.

Our goal with this game is to make an interesting new take on stealth games with mechanics that normally aren’t used. We made the game using a wide array of programs including Unity, C#, Maya, Photoshop, etc.

Team

Anna Hatzl: 3D Artist
Casper van Battum: Programmer
Disa Nordström: Quality Assurance
Dylan Kühl: Producer / UI Design
Ilias Keramidas: Programmer / VFX Artist
Leo Wognum: Sound Design
Ottilia Hedberg: 3D Artist
Rens van Eldijk: Product Owner / Level Design

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3D games
2nd year, GGC 2023

Dusk of the Gods

On this journey, you take on the role of a brave magician who embarks on a near-impossible adventure. Your mission: to save the colossal nature spirits from the brink of extinction. To do so, you must find, climb, and capture these majestic creatures and release them back into the wild. As you travel through the serene nature surrounding you, you will uncover the mystery behind why these once-gentle giants have turned hostile and unlock new powers along the way.

Team:

Clara Lüty – Producer/PM,
Danylo Sych – Character Artist/Artist,
Erika Lönn – UI Artist,
Markus Kajimalwendo – Artist,
Lizhou Ding- Environment Artist,
Marcus Hägg – Level Designer,
Dani Waked – Programmer,
Aayush Sarcar – Programmer

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Arcade games
1st year, GGC 2023

Coral Cleanup

Coral Cleanup is a game where you as a new recruit are taking on your first mission to help clean the ocean of plastic, starting with the coral reefs. You will travel in a small autopiloted submarine so you can focus on finding the plastic. The submarine is fitted with a periscope so you can look around, and a joystick so you can aim and grab the plastic. If you can’t find the plastic our helpful sonar will aid you. You compete against your fellow recruits, can you beat them? Come enjoy the shoals and help the environment through this fun arcade.