Heart Keys

Context

A 3D puzzle game made under the 72-hour jam format, with a team of 10 spanning art, music, design and programming. The emotional target was deliberate: a very specific shade of nostalgia.

My Role

• Directed the team and established a standardized production flow under jam time pressure.
• Managed art-tech handoffs via version control to keep the pipeline unblocked.
• Coded core puzzle logic and final integration.

Outcome

• Top 2% overall at Ludum Dare 58.
• The art direction is what makes this project travel; my job was to make sure it could.