A 3D bullet heaven game where you play as a part-timer tracking down missing appliances that have been possessed by ghosts, and exorcising them with your salt gun!

Developed with Thuleanx for A Game By Its Cover 2023, a 6 week game jam. The game was inspired by this famicase design created by 蒼月＠かのん. I created all the art, including character models and animations, UI, environment, and VFX.

You can play Ghost Nirvana on itch.io here!

Since this is a bullet heaven, the VFX went through a few iterations to ensure gameplay clarity, prevent noisy clutter, and keep the salt, ghost, and appliance (electricity) theming to support the story. A total of 23 different items were added to the upgrade shop, with varied color and shape language to differentiate them quickly.

Miyu concepts, adapted from 蒼月＠かのん’s original design to fit the game’s style- and model, rig, and some animations. Secondary elements like the ears and glowsticks were dynamically animated in engine.

Appliance concepts, models, and animations. My favorites are the stove and fan!

Environment and UI concepts. I wanted to lean into the ghostly theme and made the HP points into happy and frightened faces :)