Role: Co-creator, Artist
Tools Used: Gamemaker, Photoshop, Android SDK
Gameplay: Help the the passenger pigeon fly through each level, avoiding the obstacles that caused the
pigeons to become extinct! Tap/Click the screen to flap your wings, and release to dive down.
About: Pigeon Passage was created as part of a volunteer project with the University of Toronto for the
Royal Ontario Museum's biodiversity exhibit. With a target audience of young children, my partner and I decided
to make the gameplay similar to that of a simple pre-existing game: Flappy Bird. I chose a bright, 8-bit art
style to make the game more appealing to kids.
In order to bring an educational aspect to the game, we added multiple levels that have to do
with the passenger pigeon's extinction.
The ROM invited us to demo Pigeon Passage on three separate occasions, where we received feedback from children
and parents. Our original game ended up being too easy for the kids, so we upped the difficulty on later levels.
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