Bubblift
An environmental awareness puzzle game, built in 48 hours at Global Game Jam 2025.
2025 · Global Game Jam · Godot · 3-person team
The game
Bubblift is a puzzle game about ocean pollution: clean bubbles rise naturally, polluted ones need help, and the deeper you go the more hostile the water chemistry. Simple mechanic, legible theme, shipped complete in 48 hours.
What I did
In a three-person team (design, art, code), I designed the game architecture, level flows and the core balancing mechanic, working in the Godot engine. No purchased assets, no template — a full playable game from zero in one weekend.
What it proves
I can scope honestly, design a mechanic that carries a message, and ship under extreme time pressure with people I’d just met.
I wrote up the full 48 hours — the team composition call, the dangerous first six hours, what broke — in 48 Hours to Build a Game: What Global Game Jam Taught Me.