Soom is a top-down action adventure graduation project by Team SmallBoots, 14 students from Dongseo University in Busan, that won Excellence in Art and Excellence in Game Design in the rookie category at BIC2026.
Soom is a top-down action adventure built as a graduation project by Team SmallBoots, a group of 14 students from Dongseo University in Busan. The team drew its visual direction from Sky: Children of the Light and its combat references from the Zelda series and Death's Door.
At BIC2026 the project took two rookie-category awards, Excellence in Art and Excellence in Game Design. The interview coverage describes how the team unified its art direction mid-development and structured its coursework to produce a polished student game that drew consistent lines at the event.
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Team SmallBoots, 14 students from Dongseo University in Busan, won Excellence in Art and Excellence in Game Design in the rookie category at BIC2026 for their graduation project Soom. The top-down action adventure draws visual inspiration from Sky: Children of the Light and combat references from the Zelda series and Death's Door.
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