Dark Socials is a social media simulator game where the player must learn to balance the happiness and satisfaction of different types of audiences, all while gaining enough followers to earn an invitation to the coveted Net Gala.

Created remotely on a team of 3 students over the course of a semester at the University of Utah. Made with Unity.

Overview of tasks:

  • Created phone interface + buttons and icons representing different types of audiences

  • Created 70+ simple illustrations for daily trends and post options

  • Created simple cutscene animations for win/loss states

  • Used Unity’s visual scripting system to program the gameplay loop, win/loss states, and gameplay-specific popups

  • Wrote captions and comments