Tina’s Spooky Journey through the Underworld
Tina’s Spooky Journey is a 3d puzzle-platformer about a small dog guiding the dead through the afterlife. Barking at ghosts and skeletons will send them in the opposite direction, so Tina will need to jump around and move behind them in order to get them going towards the light. But if she gets too close, she’ll get super spooked out!
Studio: Allow Games (Solo Project)
Shipped: October 2021
Platform: PC
Engine: Unity
Role: Design, Programming, and most Art
Team Size: 1
Duration: ~2 Months
I made Spooky Journey as a challenge to create a non-violent spooky game with dogs in time for Halloween. The initial concept was more of a turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler, however the more I iterated on the idea the further it went towards becoming a 3d puzzle game.
After deciding on what the game would be, I made 5 levels with the Kishotenketsu structure firmly in mind for the puzzle progression to explore how the ghost movement could be manipulated under different conditions. I finished up the game there and released an initial version ahead of schedule.
With the extra time available before Halloween, I wanted to expand on the concept and add a variation to the Ghost character. I built an additional 5 levels around the new Skeleton character, who also runs away but won’t stop until reaching an obstacle.
