Platformer

Light Grows (GD Ver.)

2026Game Designer
Light Grows (GD Ver.)

What is this?:

This project is submitted for thatgamejam by thatgamecompany, creator behind Sky: Children of the Light. The theme is “reaching out” for this gamejam.

Game Link:

https://selahhan.itch.io/light-grows

Game Pitch:

In the forest there is two power that wanna maintain their existence, The Crimson Plague and The Luminant. Lumi as the main character use The Luminant power to cure her friends that is corupted by dark power, The Crimson Plague.

Goals:

One of the main mechanic of this platformer game is slingshot. This slingshot is used to maneuver in this platformer game. We need to make this mechanic bring the main theme “reaching out”.

Constraints:

  • 1.5 weeks of development for the game
  • limited humanpower because the team cant fully commit in the holiday season, time when the gamejam is started

Technologies

diagram.netMiroUnityitch.ioPC

Key Highlights

  • Gained experience to bring feasible design in tight timeline and limited resources constraint
  • Developed a deeper understanding for mechanic design in platformer game