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How I Built a Turing inspired Treasure-Run Game Where Australia Saves the Sun

ujja on June 10, 2026

This is a submission for the June Solstice Game Jam What I Built For this game jam, I built Dawn Dashers, an adventure runner set durin...
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Hossein Yazdi

Making the solstice affect the world visually as players progress was a nice touch. Feels much better than having it only in the story.

Also as a solo dev, I can relate to using AI more for exploring ideas and designs faster rather than replacing the actual building part ๐Ÿ˜…

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ujja

Thanks! Glad you felt that ๐Ÿ˜Š. I felt it would be more interesting if players could actually see the world changing, instead of only reading about it in the story.

And yep, same here ๐Ÿ˜…. I mostly use AI to help with ux/ui and design stuff, so I can move faster.

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Benjamin Nguyen

nice! I enjoy your project.

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ujja

Thanks Benjamin :)

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Benjamin Nguyen

I am wondering if you feel comfortable to exchange our LinkedIn account?

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ujja

Sure. Added it to my profile ๐Ÿ™‚

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Benjamin Nguyen

Thank you! I sent you an invitation on LinkedIn

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Nube Colectiva

Great project! 2D pixel art games are always a hit. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

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ujja

Thanks Nube

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What a project ๐Ÿ˜ฎ Thanks for sharing this โค๏ธ

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Glad you liked it ๐Ÿ˜€