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My Computer in 1999

Oct 3
1 min read
Gameplay GIF and HUD
Gameplay GIF and HUD

Project Overview

"My Computer is Stuck in 1999 and I Need to Defeat my Anime Girlfriend(?) to Leave?!", also known as "My Computer in 1999", is a 2D Bullet hell game, where the player has to defeat a program known as "R.U.E" so that their computer can tick into the year 2000. Created for the 2025 Global Game Jam with the theme "Bubble", using the "Y2K" game diversifier for the Art category, this game takes inspiration from Windows XP and the Windows bubble screen saver.


My Role

Tools

Timeframe

UI/UX Design & Development, Artist

Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Unity, PureRef

1 Week game jam, 1 week post game jam


Tasks and Responsibilities

  • UI: design interfaces, UI development in Unity editor and C#, UI assets, dialogue

  • Art: asset creation, animations, cutscenes, art implementation



Examples of main menu, cutscene dialogue, HUD, game over



Changes / Progression

Since the Global Game Jam submission, several changes were made to the UI to ensure consistency across the game and design. This included changes to visual consistency by ensuring assets were applied correctly, fixing colour contrast and font readability, and changes to both boss and player HP for greater differentiation upon confusion brought up in playtesting.


Left: HUD of the GGJ submission. Right: Current build's HUD changes


To play this game

Visit the GGJ website for the Game Jam submission, or the Itch page for the current build of the game.


Contact me

To get in contact with me, reach out over LinkedIn or email me at the following addresses:


 
 
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