Fly Trapped

A pixel-art side-scroller inspired by Flappy Bird, with handmade visuals, animations, audio and expanded gameplay mechanics.

Context: Individual student project
My role: Game development, pixel art, animation and audio
Output: Unity game and original visual and audio assets

The challenge

I used the familiar Flappy Bird format as a starting point for a game with its own setting and gameplay additions. The player controls a fly navigating through carnivorous plants.

Building the game’s identity

I created all the assets myself, including the pixel sprites, animations, soundtrack and sound effects. The fly and plant obstacles establish the game’s theme, with the visuals and audio developed as parts of the same experience.

Pixel-art fly navigating a forest of carnivorous plant obstacles with the score at the top of the screen. — Original pixel artwork, character animation and carnivorous plant obstacles.

Adding to the gameplay

Nectar pickups give the player bonus points. They usually award five points, with a small chance of awarding ten or twenty. As the score increases, the game becomes faster, making the run progressively more demanding.

A gameplay frame showing the fly, plant obstacles, score and on-screen movement controls. — Side-scrolling gameplay with the score and movement controls on screen.

The outcome

Fly Trapped combines a simple side-scrolling game with original artwork and audio. The gameplay recording shows the movement, scoring and increasing pace together with the assets I created.

Gameplay recording with the original soundtrack and sound effects. Use the player controls to play or pause.