Nyanzo: No Lives Left

Game Trailer

Game Description

Nyanzo: No Lives Left is a mobile swiping puzzle game. It features an adorable cat ninja named Nyanzo, trying to deliver a bomb to the evil shoguns castle to end his terrible reign. Nyanzo rolls swiftly through the floors of the castle, moving boxes and solving puzzles. But he must be careful, to much movement will set the bomb off in his paws.

Team Members

My Responsibilities

I’ve worked in a mobile game startup before, so that made me the most experienced game developer on the team. Even though we didn’t have a team leader, I was the de facto leader of the team. My roles and responsibilities on the team slightly changed between stages.

Prototype (Game Designer & Programmer)

I designed the core swipe & slide gameplay and most of the game elements.
I wrote the foundation of the gameplay system (the input, the grid movement system, the tile system)

Early Development (Level Designer & Programmer)

I was responsible for designing the last chapter in the main campaign (the buttons & doors chapter).
The code foundation was very modular, so the other programmer and I can easily split tasks and work independently without any conflict.

Late Development (Programmer & Level Designer)

One team lost their programmer so the other programmer on our team moved to help that team.
I mainly focused on programming during the late development.