game design
ZHdK Bachelor Game Design
May 2025
brief
Create a tiny game on the theme of "sacrifice." No assets are allowed, and you must use the Unity engine.
Concept
The "Trolley Problem" is a famous thought experiment from ethics, and my goal was to put the player inside that dilemma. The trolley races through idyllic green landscapes, but grazing sheep stand on the rails, and the player has to decide in an instant which sheep to kill. The game deliberately drags in factors that shouldn't matter, age, color, body type to provoke unethical choices. The focus is on creating stress, forcing snap decisions, and making the player feel uneasy. But why? With this game, I wanted to make a point about the Trolley Problem itself: in my opinion, it's a foolish comparison. You can't measure a life by the number you don't run over.
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