Development on the game began in 2011, with Roberts quitting his full-time job to focus on the game. Roberts considered writing a graphic novel, but following the success of indie games such as Braid, he realised he could combine his love of art and interactive video games, despite knowing very little about how to develop them. Jason Roberts began development of a card game inspired by interactive comics in his spare time while working full-time, but later decided the style was too complex. Roberts at the 2018 Game Developers Conference The scenes in the game follow periods of time in the 20th century, including peace, war, and rebuilding, and the life of the boy as a survivor of war, living through the rebuilding, and then reflecting on his past as an old man. The plot involves a boy seeking an encounter with a divine monster, exploring themes of spirituality and religion. Players are not guided through the process, as the game contains no language, and must work out what they need to do to finish each level, though when the player has successfully completed a connection, the images will briefly animate on their own, showcasing their result to the player. Through this method, the player must stack, combine, and explore each image to find a connection between them in order to advance and open new areas. In some cases, the image presents a hole such as a doorway, so when moved onto a different image, the moved image becomes a mask to cover the existing image, creating a new image.

The player can also move the image to any of the other grid spaces. Most images can be manipulated on their own, such as zooming in or out from the image, or panning across the image. In Gorogoa players are presented with up to four images in a two-by-two grid. Puzzles in Gorogoa involve manipulating the scenes within each of the panels, as well as moving the panels around themselves to connect them up and create new scenes. The game, solely developed by Roberts, started as a failed attempt at an interactive graphic novel, and took nearly six years to complete. The boy grows older and ends up as an old man reflecting on his past. Through the puzzles, the player guides a boy as they encounter a strange monster among a landscape that becomes war-ravaged and then rebuilt. Gorogoa has the player manipulate images placed in a two-by-two grid, exploring within each image as well as placing or stacking images relative to others, to solve puzzles. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, and iOS on 14 December 2017, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in March 2018, and shortly thereafter an Android and Kindle Fire release. Gorogoa is a puzzle video game developed by Jason Roberts and published by Annapurna Interactive.