Yard Boss is a thoughtful prison survival game where every choice matters. Navigate the social maze of the yard, trade contraband, and build relationships with rival inmates. Reputation is everything. Manage it carefully as you climb the social ladder.

Challenge others to brawls to assert dominance, but watch your back: make the wrong move, and you might end up on someone's hit list. With a calm, strategic style and subtle tension throughout, Yard Boss rewards careful planning and bold decisions.

With 9 distinct win/loss outcomes, it might take more than a few runs to truly become the boss of the yard.

Move:     WASD or Arrow Keys

Action/Interact:     E

Menu:     ESC

Info Overlay:     TAB

Attack during fights:  SPACE

This game was made in 7 days for the Drop Bear Studios Community Mini Byte Jam. 

The engine used was GameMaker Studio 2. 

All sound effect assets in game were created from scratch except for a few (nature ambience, punches) taken from premade, free to use GDC packages.

All music was created from scratch in FL Studio.

All art was created from scratch using Aseprite.

This project was created entirely by Indie_Pep.