Snow Trail

Snow Trail is a game all about pushing and connecting snow blocks to solve puzzles!

Roles: Game Design, Level Design, Programming, Art, Music

Team Size: Independent

Timeline: September 2019- July 2020 (10 months)

Tools: Unity, Adobe Photoshop

Trailer

Contributions

Programming - Created in engine systems to help make development easier. Created a custom level creation system inside unity using the unity tile system. Developed 8 unique mechanics, player controller, UI, snow blocks and everything else in the game.

Everything else! - Snow Trail is an independent project with no plug ins or art assets. Everything in the game was 100% made by me during my first year of college!

Game Design - Created game feel, game loop and progression. Designed and developed 8 unique mechanics.

Level Design - Created puzzles to teach, test and challenge players. Introducing puzzles mechanics without text and allowing players to experiment and learn at their own pace. Designed 100 unique puzzles.

Take Aways

  • Created a game from start to finish and released it on steam

  • Learned the basics of what it takes to complete a game in every phase of development

  • Implemented basic design thinking methodology and created systems to improve the development experience and the player experience

Check out Snow Trail on Steam!