2D point-and-click branching narrative game where the player can play Hangman puzzles to collect balloons and discover 3 endings
4-month development cycle
Rated 4.6/5 stars, 89% positive rating, & awarded Best Coolmath Original by the Coolmath Games audience in 2023
Responsibilities
Developed the game using Unity2D & C# programming
Created codes to cipher on coolmathgames.com using binary, Morse, and tap code
Created the narrative of the 2-week-long ARG
Collaborated with Maddy Marcus to create social posts on Instagram & X
Collaborated with Coolmath's tech team to add glitchy effects & edits onto the site
Narrative Design
Wrote the overarching narrative for the ARG
Wrote & edited Balloon Boy's in-game dialogue
Plotted out the 3 endings for each playthrough
Game Design & Development
Used binary, morse, and tap code to create phrases that added to the narrative to be decoded
Combined tap code with symbols from a US keyboard in various puzzles to identify the number from the keyboard that was the letter in the tap code
Created the "prototype" in Unity 2D with C# coding