Fossil Finders

Fossil Finders is a game I built for a class at UC Santa Cruz. The assignment's goal was to translate a video game into an analog setting. The game I based Fossil Finders on is an old game for the Nintendo DS called Fossil Fighters. This game was a solo project.


In this game, up to four players compete to see who is the fastest at digging for dinosaur fossils. One of the goals is to be the first with a completed dinosaur, which requires visiting each of the four ‘dig sites’ and using special tools (a paintbrush and a toothpick) to extract the fossils.

Once everyone finishes digging, players construct their dinosaurs and roll dice to see who wins. The player who finished first gets a higher-valued die than the others.