Design Statement
Once I listened to the track, my mind goes immediately to childhood wonder. Initially, the abstract idea was going into an image of a childhood dream career in the form of a picture and turning it into a game.

But, after more iterations of the idea, I wanted to go more in depth about how dreams change throughout lifetimes. I also wanted to add a bit of depth with the gameplay, therefore I added the building mechanic. I also interpreted the theme track as something magical and abstract with also addition of nighttime since some of the background noises have some nighttime sounds on it.

Therefore, I added the background with stars. I also wanted the game to be have an emphasis on audio, therefore I added pulsing that follows the bpm of the gameplay song, and also control over the intensity of the song for each parts of the levels.

Game Instructions (launch steps, controls, and gameplay overview)
For Web Build: Select Run Your Dreams on the Web Browser of the game's page.

For Windows Build: Download -> Right-click -> Extract Files -> Run Growing Up.exe

Controls:
Move Forward: W
Move Left: A
Move Backward: S
Move Right: D

Space Bar: Jump
Hold Space Ba: Jump Higher
Left Click / E: Grab / Drop Object & Place Object

Gameplay Overview:
Move, Jump and collect the needed fragments of your dreams! Build your way to the path of your dreams as well!

Gameplay walkthrough video
https://youtu.be/-vpxzFDrZK8

Trailer / Other Additional Video Material (Optional)
Trailer: https://youtu.be/_3RAv3ji1DI

Did your project use any AI tools or assets? If yes, please specify.
No