Campfire Cooking
A puzzle game about relaxing moments in nature, as you prepare meals over a warm fire.
Project Overview
Campfire Cooking is a puzzle game about relaxing moments in nature, as you prepare meals over a warm fire. Discover the joy of cooking on a stick and test your problem-solving skills with some challenging campfire puzzles! Guaranteed to make you feel clever, hungry and eager to book your next woodland escape.
Campfire Cooking has over 100 levels and around 8 hours of playtime. It was released on the App Store and Steam, and sits at a Metascore of 84. Apple’s Game Of The Day in 8+ countries.
“A quaint and clever puzzler that is able to get a myriad of miles out of its simple concept”
8/10 – Destructoid
“I highly recommend Campfire Cooking if you're a puzzle fan”
9.6/10 – AppAdvice
Role: Solo Designer & Developer
I designed, developed and shipped the game as the sole developer. All development was completed in the Unity engine. Extensive multidisciplinary work from design to marketing.
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Responsibilities
Game Design
Shepherded the design vision from initial paper concept, through prototyping, refinement, and final successful release. Covered all areas of design with extensive work on gameplay, accessible control/input design, satisfying levels and a cozy player journey.
Development
Developed the game in Unity engine and C#. Covered gameplay code, systems design and implementation, cloud services, saving, and control schemes (Keyboard & Mouse, Controller and Touch). Multiplatform development support for iOS/Android/Steam PC & Mac/SteamDeck. Created all art (3D/2D/FX) and SFX, music sourced from premium libraries.
Production & Multiplatform Ship
Tight production management to ship the game in 7 months from paper to first reviews. Planned milestones, designed and actioned marketing beats, delivered the title across 5 platforms. Successful release that fully funded development costs & more.
