ASPHYXIA

In this game made for the Global Game Jam, you experience a polluted ocean where every breath is a luxury, you work at Breathe Inc., producing oxygen to sustain life. Scavengers visit daily, bringing whatever resources they can to trade for air. Some come with nothing but their plea for mercy, forcing you to weigh survival against compassion.

Build facilities, manage resources, and make tough moral choices to keep your fragile bubble intact—because running out of oxygen means the end.

How far will you go to survive, and who will you choose to save?

• Visual Style: Cute chibi 2D pixel art with grim undertones.
• Core Mechanics:
  • Produce oxygen bubbles with upgradable facilities.
  • Trade oxygen bubbles for materials to enhance your facilities.
  • Manage daily oxygen consumption to survive.
  • Navigate morality and greed in life-impacting decisions.
• Game Loop:
  • Start each day by receiving bubbles.
  • Decide between trading, upgrading, or ending the day.
  • Survive increasing challenges as daily goals escalate.

1. Play with Mouse and Keyboard

• A and D: Move left and right
• E: to interact
• Left mouse click: For trade and upgrades
• Reload Page to force restart the game!

2. Start Menu: Begin your journey or exit the game.

3. Start:

- Receive a set amount of bubbles from your facilities every day.

4. Game Loop:

 - Choose actions: Trade or Upgrade

      -Go left to trade with an NPC for materials to upgrade the facilities

     -Go right to open the Control Panel to upgrade facilities to get more bubbles the next day

5. Day Ends: As the day progresses, the screen gets darker... when time is up, it's time to know whether you have made the right choices to keep yourself alive for another day...

6. How to Win: Survive by meeting oxygen consumption goals. The goal is to upgrade all the facilities to max. To live a life without worrying about survival anymore.

Designer/Artist

Lead: S3izures - sixkl (Discord)

Morgan Tang - eepyuwu (Discord)

Victoria Fontoura - victoriabfontoura@gmail.com

Narda Limon - narda0893_45044 (Discord)

Esteban Gutierrez - estebantby (Discord)

Programmer

Lead: Jose Carrillo - livedimensions (Discord)

Carmen Cruz - camu292 (Discord)

Mark Lourenco - markjlourencor@gmail.com