ZIMA

Story

Zima is a boss-rush adventure where you play as a cowboy windsurfing across a frozen desert to save giant corrupted creatures with their trust lasso.

Latest Update

• ZIMA V1.0!

With this update, we are officially releasing Version 1.0 of the game.

Over the past eight weeks we've transformed the project from a prototype into a complete playable experience featuring smooth traversal, creature encounter, onboarding, audio, visual effects, and a full gameplay loop.

That said, we don't consider the game "finished" in the sense that it fully realizes our vision. There are still aspects of the creature encounter, combat flow, cohesion of mechanics, and overall pacing that we believe can be improved significantly.

As our team now shifts focus toward completing the academic year, development will temporarily slow down. However, we fully intend to revisit the project afterward and continue improving the experience.

When development resumes, our primary focus will be:

• Improving encounter design and pacing.
• Creating stronger connections between mechanics.
• Increasing combat readability and feedback.
• Refining the overall player experience from start to finish.

Thank you to everyone who played, tested, and provided feedback throughout development. Your feedback has been invaluable in helping shape the game into what it is today, and we hope you'll join us again when development continues.

Credits

Currently in development by a 16 student team from Breda University of Applied Sciences. 

Melle Overman	Producer & Sound Designer	LinkedIn
Maxx Wever	3Cs Designer	LinkedIn
Sem Flierman	Lead Designer UI/UX Designer Tech Designer	LinkedIn
Piotrek Dargiel	Level Designer	LinkedIn
Kinga Tkocz	Level & Cinematic Designer	LinkedIn
Quinn van Gorp	Character Artist	LinkedIn Artstation Instagram Pinterest
Julian Hoogendoorn	Environment Artist	LinkedIn Artstation
Deborah Nannini	Environment Artist	LinkedIn  Artstation
Ashley Martins	VFX Artist	LinkedIn Artstation
Finn Veerman	Character Artist	Artstation
Dora Bonková	Lead Artist Animator	LinkedIn Artstation Itch
Ezra Aslan	Rigger	LinkedIn
Marios Karageorgis	Character/ Prop / VFX Artist	LinkedIn
René Witzier	Lead Programmer Gameplay Programmer	LinkedIn
Dora Štrković	Gameplay Programmer	LinkedIn
Marijn Colen	Gameplay Programmer	LinkedIn

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