Dormant Genes

Dormant Genes was a solo project for the 2025 Fall Game Jam for High Point University’s Game Development Club. Admittedly, the final product isn’t very polished, but I had so much fun with the game that I had to include it here anyway.

The goal of the game is to collect the five coins around the level. To do this, you activate your dormant genes, giving you various abilities.

Every letter on the keyboard activates its own ability, meaning there are 26 different genes, varying significantly in helpfulness.

The game doesn’t take long to beat, but just running around and playing with the abilities is half the fun. You can download the game for Windows here.