Pixel Genesis
🌟 Game Overview
In Pixel Genesis, embark on an evolutionary odyssey across four bite-sized worlds. Starting as a single molecule and ending as a spacefaring human, you’ll adapt, survive, and ultimately plant Earth’s flag on a distant planet.
This game was created as a part of GameDev.tv GameJam 2025 with theme "Tiny World"
🎮 Key Features
Four Evolutionary Stages
Molecule – Navigate an open 2D cellscape, absorbing nutrients while dodging microscopic predators.
Bird – Take flight in a Flappy-Bird–inspired challenge, flapping through hazards to snag apples.
Human (Fantasy) – Defend yourself against monsters, and claim victory to unlock the final frontier.
Rocket (Space) – Once again, it’s a high-altitude gather-’n-dodge scene—this time collecting asteroids.
Pixel-Art Charm
Smooth, retro-style animations and cutscenes bring characters and cutscenes to life.
Seamless Cutscenes
Short, narrative vignettes bridge levels, from the spark of life to the planting of Earth’s flag on a new world.
🚀 How to Play
Gather & Avoid – Collect food/items to fill your evolution bar.
Survive – Dodge predators, obstacles, and environmental hazards.
Evolve – Once your bar is full, watch the cutscene and advance to the next stage.
Repeat – Four stages of growth culminate in the final rocket launch and flag planting.
🎨 Development & Team
Engine: Unity
Art: Aseprite & Photoshop
Team:
MusskPrime — Programmer & Project Manager
MalusWolf — Pixel Artist & Cutscene Animator
Samo_Bern — Sound Designer & UI/UX
“From molecule to astronaut—evolution has never been so… pixelated.”
Thank you for playing Pixel Genesis. We hope you enjoy exploring these Tiny Worlds as much as we enjoyed creating them!
👨‍💻 Source code
You can check the source code of a game by this link.
Asset List:
Pixel art:
Pixel arcade buttons by Eric Abides
Flat design pixel art element collection by freepik
Assets:
Misc:
Pixelart planet generator by Deep-Fold
Music tracks from freesound.org and pixabay.com
Development log
- Pixel Genesis HotFixMay 27, 2025
Comments
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Playing without reading anything sure was a rollercoaster of emotions, it was overall fun and for some strange reason I wanted more.
1st game - felt a bit empty, and hitting an invisible wall made me think I broke the game.
2nd game - was a bit too long
3rd game - I just wanted to loot those boxes, barrels and chests!
4th game - Didn't think to collect the poop asteroids the first time around so avoiding all of them was ..uh.. impossible :D
I got to the end, but I was asking myself if there should at least be some statistics shown at the end like spores consumed, hit by spores, apples eaten, pipes hit, hit from bat/skeletons, asteroids hit, asteroid consumed/hit, times died, time to finish the game.
Thank you for trying out the game and for the feedback! You gave us many interesting ideas how to expand a game. Honestly, I've had same feelings in stages 1 and 3, but due to lack of time and our small overall experience (for 2 of 3 people of our team this was the first game development at all :D) we didn't managed to add extra content to the game before the deadline. Thanks one more time for your feedback!
Hey!
I enjoyed this. Cool concept and well-scoped. Having four distinct stages works well. The opening reminded me a little bit of Spore.
Going in blind, I enjoyed the evolution(s) at the end of each level & the controls were well communicated and easy to master.
The progress bar acts well as a hook and kept me going to see the next level clear cutscene and future stages.
I found the bird level a little challenging compared to the rest. Collision seemed a little sensitive!
Great job on communicating a contained story with a minimalist approach!
Look forward to your future efforts.