Game Jam Submission to Ludum Dare 54

Lead Engineer Sept. 29th – Oct. 2nd, 2023

❋ Project Description

Work Space is a 2D life simulation game made with Unity. The game jam theme is “Limited Space”, and this game is about living in a very small room, working remotely, and surviving as long as possible. You only have limited space to place items on table, but you need to do lots of tasks that require different items.

❋ Contributions

Here are some aspects I contributed to this game, it is a 3-day game jam, so I acted in multiple roles in the team.

• Lead Engineer
  • UI Engineer: Constructed game scenes and UI display (slidebars update, task and day counts, and phone call highlight) in collaboration with three team artists, enhancing the game’s visual appeal and functionality.
  • Game core loop: Engineered the game core loop, covering random task generation, task display with runtime initialization, and task completion. Developed the table interaction system that supports drag and drop feature, and implemented the cabinet system that allows players to store items similar to a stack.
  • Lead Engineer: Implemented the main logic of the game, defined interfaces with different modules of the game, and cleaned merged code.
• Game Designer
  • Mechanics design: Designed the game core mechanics and core loop, which ranked 197/1597 (top 12.5%) in theme section and 298/1597 (top 19%) in the Innovation section.
  • UI design: Designed the UI elements, style, and layout.
• Team leader / Producer
  • Leadership and Management: Lad a team of 6. Organized team meetings, set deadlines for artists and other programmers.

❋ Game Showcase

Here are some game screenshots.

Tutorial Page	Phone Dialogue (Narrative)
The Gameplay Scene	Ending Scene

You can check the gameplay video below for more information. The game has an ending but the video does not show it. You can download a playable demo on ludum dare page or play on the itch.io page directly.

Demo Gameplay Video