A student-built puzzle game about music, color, and a changing island

Crustacean Works is a six-student capstone team from PFW's Engineering Technology and Computer Science department. Island Song is our project: a small open-world puzzle game built in Unreal Engine 5.

We focused on atmosphere and deliberate world design so the experience feels cohesive, purposeful, and complete.

The team is based at Purdue University Fort Wayne, completing Island Song as an ETCS capstone project sponsored by Aga Pita.

Island Song

Island Song is a small open-world puzzle game set on a grey-scale island where a child restores color, life, and music by solving environmental puzzles.

Five regions shape the island, each built around a different instrument family: winds, brass, percussion, keys, and strings. Solving a region's final puzzle brings back its color and music.

Players begin stranded and nearly alone, then gradually transform the island into a more vibrant, musical world.

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Restore color, life, and music across a changing island

The island is divided into five regions, each with its own puzzle focus. Solving a region's final puzzle brings color and music back to that part of the world.

Built by Crustacean Works at Purdue University Fort Wayne

The island is divided into five regions, each with its own puzzle focus. Solving a region's final puzzle brings color and music back to that part of the world.

The team is based at Purdue University Fort Wayne, completing Island Song as an ETCS capstone project sponsored by Aga Pita.

Purdue University Fort Wayne

An ETCS capstone project sponsored by Aga Pita.

Built in Unreal Engine 5

The game is built in Unreal Engine 5. World design and coding are handled in-house, with select assets sourced from the Fab Store where they fit the project.

School of Visual Arts

The main character was created by a PFW School of Visual Arts student, brought in as a collaborator to ensure the character had a strong, original artistic foundation.