🐇 Bunny Economics

A whimsical hop through bells, carrots, and civic economics.

📖 About the Game

Bunny Economics was created for Hack the System, a civic and economic tech hackathon.
It’s a lighthearted game where you play as a curious bunny hopping across bells to collect points.

When you fall, your score is compared to your previous run:

Do better → the economy is “blessed” with humorous news of growth.
Do worse → playful headlines reveal challenges like tariffs, recessions, or carrot shortages.
Land in the middle → stability!

Economics can feel distant or intimidating. Bunny Economics makes it approachable and fun. Instead of graphs and jargon, players see cause and effect through whimsical headlines and outcomes.

✨ Features

🐇 Hop on bells to collect points.
📈 Fall down and compare your score to your last run.
📰 Get whimsical news flashes about the bunny economy.
🎮 Difficulty increases the longer you play, keeping you engaged.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Both were chosen for their ability to quickly prototype a demo or idea.

🏆 Competition Context

Hackathon: Hack the System (Civic & Economic Tech Hackathon)
Started: August 25th (a month late into the competition)
Built By: Solo project – designed, coded, and shipped entirely by me in a short span of time.

💡 Challenges

I honestly thought I would be able to animate the bunny a lot better than I did.
I ended up falling back to a sprite sheet for each frame animation is very difficult when you’re trying it for the first time.

🪞 Reflections

There are many things I would have changed if I had more time.
I cut back on features that would have improved gameplay due to the limited timeline.

The greatest reflection: partnering with someone more experienced in animation would have allowed the game to shine a lot more, especially since the bunny is the central part of the game.

🔮 Next Steps

Add addictive and rewarding gameplay features, such as collectible bonuses that randomly spawn.
Instead of simple precompiled headlines, add persistence of state (tracking labor force, tariffs, inflation, etc.) to better showcase how these changes connect to economic concepts.