“Happy Mixing”

Star Flux is a 2D RPG game set in the distant future. In this future people don’t have enough resources for everyone only the rich people can afford to eat normal food. The other people however have to rely on Star Shakes a daily shake that should have the necessary vitamins to keep a person alive. It is your job as a new employee of star flux to keep the customers healthy by mixing the right ingredients in the shakes. This game was made for the company Transmango to let people see what would happen if we keep wasting our food.

Screenshots

My input

I did a lot of research for this project I searched a lot about what kind of food humans should eat and what vitamins it contains. Which foods could help by certain diseases and what could happen if somebody eats something they’re allergic to or eat something that they haven’t had in a very long time. Also what was the best way to replace certain foods if you are lactose intolerant or if you are a vegan. How much it can replace certain types of food. Later on, I kept myself busy with what kind of diseases or allergies customers have and how much resources you can buy.

Design

The main gimmick of the game is that it keeps getting harder and harder to get the right resources. you have to think about what the right replacements are for people while knowing about their diseases or allergies. At a certain point in the game, you’re gonna have to make a moral choice because of the small number of resources that you have. Or you can make a lot of people sick by giving them shakes with discharge. Or you decide to let a few people die so that the others can live healthily. These choices are in there to let you know how precious food can be if you have too little of it.