Square By Square

SquareBySquare starts you from scratch on an untouched Austrian landscape, with one question running underneath everything: can you live long by preserving nature, while still strengthening the community around you? Every choice you make shows up in your lifespan, your achievements, and the values you end up revealing about yourself. It's also handcrafted pushing against the current aesthetic trends of AI-generated content. Every tile, texture, and detail made with the same physical care the game asks you to bring to the land itself. 

Developed at the University for Applied Arts Viennaof on the occasion of the "SUBOTRON Game Jam Series 2026.