🎮 Overview

Hurricane Fruits is a 2D arcade game built around a fast-paced fruit-catching and delivery loop. Each round lasts 60 seconds, and the goal is to earn the highest score possible.

Move from side to side to catch falling fruit, manage a basket with a limited capacity of 10 spaces, and deliver your haul to the cart to score points. Different fruit types offer different rewards and take up different amounts of space, so every catch can affect your next decision.

The playable Beta is available on itch.io. The game was designed primarily for mobile play and also has a browser version for PC testing.

Play Hurricane Fruits on itch.io →

🔄 Core Gameplay Loop

The gameplay is structured around a short and accessible loop designed for mobile play sessions.

🛠️ Current Features

• 60-second rounds focused on achieving the highest score.
• Mobile-oriented horizontal movement using left and right touch zones.
• Falling fruit spawning and collection system.
• Basket capacity management with a maximum of 10 spaces.
• Different fruit values and capacity requirements.
• Basket visuals that change as its contents increase.
• Fruit delivery mechanic activated at the cart, with a short delay.
• Delivery cart that changes position during gameplay.
• Score and basket-capacity UI, plus a timer and end-of-round result.
• Hazards: spiderwebs temporarily slow the player, rocks occupy basket space, and bombs destroy the fruit currently carried.
• Playable browser build for PC testing through itch.io.

⚙️ Systems Design

The fruit and hazard systems turn a simple catching mechanic into a short resource-management challenge. Players must balance point value, basket space, and the time remaining in each round.

The current fruit roster uses the following values and basket-space requirements:

🧠 Design Goal

The design goal is to create meaningful choices within a simple, accessible arcade experience. Players have to decide which fruit to collect, when to return to the cart, and how much risk to take as the 60-second timer runs down.

High-value fruit can be tempting, but basket space is limited. Hazards add pressure by slowing movement, taking up capacity, or destroying the current haul. These systems make route timing and basket management important to reaching a higher score.

💻 Development Process

Hurricane Fruits was developed in Unity 6 and is currently available as a playable Beta. I am responsible for both the game design and implementation of the game.

I implemented and tested the core gameplay loop, player input, fruit collection, basket capacity, delivery, scoring, hazards, and gameplay UI. I also prepared a browser build so the game can be tested on PC in addition to its mobile-focused design.

The project gives me an opportunity to combine my Game Design, programming, and QA background in a single development process, from prototyping and implementation to testing and iteration.

🎥 Gameplay

Try the playable Beta and share feedback on the itch.io project page.

🚧 Next Steps

• Collect feedback from Beta players and identify usability issues.
• Continue balancing fruit values, spawn rates, and hazard frequency.
• Polish visual feedback, sound effects, and overall game feel.
• Improve the experience based on playtesting results.