Gassy Gus | Mixed Reality Game Design

Gassy Gus is a lighthearted, fun-filled Mixed Reality game. Players take turns feeding Gus, a comical, inflatable character, while trying not to make him burp.

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The game aims to link healthy diet choices with player's decisions, teaching kids about effects of unhealthy food with consequence-driven mechanics.

Timeline: 4 days

Executed with Figma

▸ Objectives

The primary goal of Gassy Gus is for players to avoid blowing up Gus while causing other players to inflate him as much as possible. The last player remaining in the game who hasn’t caused Gus to pop wins the game.

▸ Gameplay

Players take turns feeding Gus their food tokens
Players need to carefully use their tokens to avoid making Gus too inflated, as that might lead to him making a burp, while making it difficult for other players to avoid the same.
Players can also use Water tokens to skip their turn, but are only provided 2 such tokens in a game session.

▸ Rules

Players must pump Gus’s belly the exact number of times indicated by the food token.
If Gus’s belly inflates too much and he burps, the player responsible takes back 2 food tokens and their turn ends.
The player who manages to finish their food tokens win