God of Sand is a 3D action platformer in which the player uses a grappling hook as their primary means to maneuver through vertically stacked levels and slay otherworldly giants. When the player reaches the boss arena, they discover lumbering beast they must defeat with a combination of platforming and their blaster rifle. When enraged, the monster delivers powerful attacks, however unless provoked it is disinterested in fighting, forcing the player to act as the aggressor. When a boss is slain, players should feel as though they have committed a necessary evil, proud of their accomplishment but sickened by the brutality they have committed against their docile enemy.

Level Design: The environment was created with vertical elements in mind to take advantage of the grappling hook and grant the player the thrill of battling enemies while haphazardly flying through the air.

Environment Art: The environment has a near-future design with a mixture of earthly and alien flora and fauna. This was done to increase the contrast between the elements present in the environment such as organic aliens with saturated colors against cold, hard edged human architecture. Stark contrast between dark, cool colors, to bright, warm colors are used to signal the transition from the safety of the subterranean starting area to the hostile desert wastes above.

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