The Day I Died

Play the game here: https://digitalshortcake.itch.io/the-day-i-died 

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This title was made as part of a game jam that ran from October 1st to October 6th 2025. The jam theme was "Death is an Opportunity". I interpreted this theme into a game where dying meant you learnt more information to aid your escape. 

 

I was the sole narrative designer and programmer, with only one person helping with character art. As the jam was so quick, I don't have much documentation to show but the quick turnaround was something I had not had much experience in previously. I was used to tight deadlines from my university course, but had never made a complete game in less than a week before.

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I had to rely on free to use assets to make up the majority of the game, and I chose to make a visual novel in RenPy as I had a lot of experience using it at this point and it's thanks to that that I was able to make a complete experience. There are many things I would do to improve the game if I were to make it into a full title that I couldn't do due to the time constraints. Such as expanding on the story and personality of the protagonist and villain and potentially adding minigames or more timed segments. Overall though, I scoped this project well within my abilities and received some great reviews from others in the jam!