The ghost

WHAT IS THE GHOST?

The Ghost is an action-strategy game developed in Unity as part of the SA Game Jam 2025. The theme for the jam was "You are the monster", so as a team we aimed to create a game with a humorous twist on who is the monster - is the ghost the monster or is it the movers?

The Ghost is designed with a simplistic objective and mechanics in mind. As the game was developed as part of the SA Game Jam 2025, we had approximately 72 hours to finish development, so scope was kept to a minimum to make this goal realistic. It is also designed with accessibility in mind and utilises a single-button and joystick in its controls.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Ghost is an action-strategy game where you control a ghost and scare away movers to protect your treasured Mementos. Divide your time between scaring movers and resetting Memento positions to succeed in outlasting all five waves of movers.

Platforms: PC, Web Browser

Genre: Action-Strategy

No. of players: Single-player

Game Engine: Unity (version 2022.3.62f1)

TARGET AUDIENCE

The Ghost utilises simplistic mechanics, controls and maintains a light-hearted aesthetic and sense of humour throughout its experience. The enemy waves was designed to have the same properties in each playthrough so play sessions are quick regardless of the player's result. As such, the game is catered more so towards players looking for a simple strategic experience with light-to-moderate difficulty as opposed to a longer, more serious game.

DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBERS

Puleng Manganye - Lead Programmer, Audio Designer, 2D Artist

Louis Monawe - Game Designer, Programmer, SFX Artist

Olwethu Shezi - 2D Artist/Animation

CREDITS

Art

The ghost character design is inspired by Haunted Tank from Teen Titans Go! - S08 E03 - "Haunted Tank".

Fonts

"Derky" font by CreativeMarket.com is licensed as free for personal use.

 "Ten Million Fire Flies Font" by Kimberly Geswein is licensed as free for personal use.

Sound

"Let's Start!" by Nintendo Sound Team in the "Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen" album is licensed under Nintendo and Third-party Copyrights.