Santa's Journey
A festive, isometric puzzle-adventure developed in Unreal Engine. Deliver presents across illusion-based puzzles that shift paths and environments for a cozy holiday challenge.
The brief
Santa's Journey is a festive isometric puzzle-adventure developed in Unreal Engine. Players guide Santa through handcrafted environments where paths can be rotated and rearranged to create a route toward the next destination.
Core gameplay
Isometric exploration
Players navigate Santa through a stylized isometric environment while examining the available paths and puzzle layout.
Rotating paths
Players can rotate sections of the environment to change the available paths and create new routes through the level.
Environmental puzzles
The level itself acts as the puzzle, requiring players to understand how different sections connect and how changing one part affects the overall path.
Santa's Journey showing the isometric perspective and festive puzzle environment.
Systems & Technical Highlights
Path-based puzzle logic
Built the gameplay logic required to determine and control how the different sections of the environment connect.
Isometric movement
Implemented player movement suited to the game's fixed isometric presentation.
Level interaction
Connected player movement and environmental interactions to create the puzzle-driven progression of each level.
Tech stack
Unreal Engine · Blueprints