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Boba Bubble Trouble

2025 Global Game Jam

Team of five -  Franklin Xu, Chris Wu, Nik Kim, Yiran Zhang, Regina Xia
Role: Producer, Game Designer, Ice Animation Programmer
Contribution: Ideation, Project Managing, Level Design, Programming
Jan-26-2025


0/6Bobas try to escape from human’s cruel chewing. Enjoy unique squishy, jelly-like controls, and the fantastic bobascape!

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  • Concept
        Responding to the 2025 Global Game Jam theme, “Bubble,” we wanted to create a game where the main character is a boba pearl from bubble tea. This game shifts the perspective from humans to boba, offering a unique and playful twist.

        Humans love chewing on little bobas, but from the bobas’ point of view, humans are terrifying creatures!

        Visually and experientially, we aim to capture the squishy, jelly-like, and bouncy nature of boba pearls. The game’s physics and player controls should emphasize these properties, making movement fun, dynamic, and engaging!


Concept of Boba Bubble Trouble
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  • Game Info


  • Genre: 3D Adventure Platformer Game
  • Type: 2-Player Competitive
  • Controller: Game Pad preferred
  • Development Software: Unity
  • Running OS: Windows

We added 2-player competitive feature to add more play dynamics!



    • 3/6

    • Game Gallery

    Level 1. Grass Jelly Layer
    Level 2. Light Pearls Layer
    Layer 3. Beginning of Fruit Layer
    Layer 3. Fruit Layer Platforms -2
    Layer 4. In between Fruit and Ice Layer
    Layer 4. Boba looking at you
    Layer 5. Cream Layer with Coconut Flake Platforms
    Layer 4. In the middle of Ice Layer

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      • Game Play Video


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      • Player Control

    1. Jumping!

    Jumping Boba


    Jumping is the basic player operation mechanic of this game. However, boba’s jumping varies depending on the platform they are standing on. For example, when they’re on slippery ice cubes they couldn’t jump as much as when they were in fruit slice platforms!

    2. Smashing!
    Smashing Boba


    Smashing is another operation that player can perform. Smashing can be used to swing your partner away from you, or it can be used to do super jump. There’re level designs that requires players to know how to perform super jump.
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      • Download and Play


    You can download the game through the 2025 Global Game Jam website!







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