Let it Glow

48 hours, one game, two awards.

Event: Gaza Sky Geeks Game Jam 2025
Format: 48 hours · 2D puzzle platformer

Let it Glow gameplay: an orange character with a flashlight stands on a rooftop beneath a hanging bell.

Gameplay from our team’s 48-hour game jam project, Let it Glow.

Find your part in the team.

A friend experienced with Unity invited me and another friend with visual design skills to a 48-hour game jam hosted by Gaza Sky Geeks. The theme was “grow it, let go,” and together we made Let it Glow.

I focused on game design, mechanics and levels. My teammates handled Unity development and visual design. It gave me a way to contribute my interest in games while working alongside people with different strengths.

A puzzle built around one changing ability.

Let it Glow is a 2D puzzle platformer. Its central ability behaves differently depending on what it interacts with; players discover those variations to get through the levels.

These screenshots show the finished team game. My contribution was mechanics and level design, while my teammates handled Unity development and visual design.

The orange character jumps above a platform, shining a beam of light down onto an object. — The character’s light in action during a jump.

The character stands beside a gap between platforms, with a glowing object on the far side. — A platform gap and a glowing object in the rooftop level.

The orange character stands on a rooftop against a purple skyline and a large orange sun. — Another view of the game’s rooftop setting.

Two awards for a shared effort.

Let it Glow received the Judges’ Choice Award and the Most Innovative & Creative Game award. Both recognized the game we made together.

I spend a lot of time playing games; this time I got to help shape one. Designing mechanics and levels made that interest practical, and game design remains something I want to explore alongside engineering.

Tools & context

Game mechanics
Level design
Team collaboration