Bread2Go

main menu
Jump on the roofs.
Run across the roofs of the garage.
Fight cats and rats.
Get down.
Buy the hero some bread.
Get a new hat for the main character.
Level statistics

Inspiration

Everyone has been sent out for bread and come back with anything but bread. We wanted a game about that one errand that never goes to plan.

The look of the game comes from the town I grew up in, and many of the situations actually happened to me, especially when I went out with my friends.

What it does

Bread2Go is a comedy platformer for Android. Mum sends Vanya out for bread. On the way:

roofs to run across and power lines to slide down
garage cats and rats
four errands for the neighbours
a slingshot you have to earn: 5 hits in 20 seconds

At the shop there is no bread. The day ends with a stats screen: time, coins, errands, deaths and accuracy.

Monetization

One in-app purchase through RevenueCat: "Buy the hero some bread". Vanya gets a loaf-shaped hat he wears everywhere and the Bread Patron achievement.

It unlocks nothing and skips nothing. For now, it's the only way he ever gets bread.

How we built it

Godot 4 and GDScript
RevenueCat plugin on top of Google Play Billing
hand-drawn pixel art
AI tools during development: Claude Code and Gemini

Challenges we ran into

Texture memory. Phones ran out of it, so we cut it from 263 MB to 94 MB.
The invisible hat. The purchase went through, but the hat never appeared: the plugin only reports an entitlement when asked. We found that by reading its bytecode.
Getting public. Google Play wants 14 days of closed testing before a new app can be released to everyone.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

A full playable day, shipped to Google Play production during Shipaton, with a real purchase that works end to end, promo codes included.

What we learned

Test on a real phone early. Memory, screen size and purchases all behave differently there.
Test purchases the right way: with license testers and promo codes, not your own account.
Listen to testers. Take their feedback and keep changing the game until it's comfortable and fun to play.