Lost in Sancocho
Uncovering a Lost Recipe
This game was created for Global Game Jam 2023. We had a weekend to create a game based around the theme of "Roots". Our team decided to create a narrative focused puzzle game in which the player navigates computer files and folders in search of clues. The main character wants to help their Nana find the ingredients to an old family recipe, learning about the family's history along the way. Through reading letters, listening to audio logs, and finding ingredients, they get closer and closer to bringing back the recipe for sancocho. Our take on the theme of "Roots" was in that the game was about finding family roots, as well as in the art the deeper you dig through the folders, the deeper the background visual of sprawling roots goes.
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I worked on the art for this game. This included drawing and animating all the menus and icons in 2D pixel art. I also 3D modeled, textured and rendered out rotating sprites for all the foods and ingredients found over the course of the game.
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