Yeastbound: Rise of the Dough

Yeastbound: Rise of the Dough
A fast, silly platformer where you collect yeast and stomp malevolent cheese. Built in Godot for Daydream Global.
Project Files
The full open-source project lives here.
Gameplay
Results
- Overall: 15th out of ~190 entries
- Sound design (Audio): 2nd
Scores are from itch.io’s main and results pages for Daydream Global.
Play & source
- Play on itch.io: https://sharkingstudios.itch.io/yeastbound-rise-of-the-dough
- Source on GitHub: https://github.com/SharKingStudios/Yeast-Collection-Game
What I learned
- Godot scenes & nodes for quick iteration (so much better than Love2D for this!)
- Exporting to itch.io with a tiny build size
- Sound pipeline: foley + lightweight mastering to make jumps/pickups pop
Links
- Daydream Global jam page: https://itch.io/jam/daydream-global
- My submission (full scores): on itch results page and submission page
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