2D Puzzle Game
Was
High Concept
Programmer
2D Artist
Completed
January 2023
The year is 2023, the month January, the rallying call is heard across the game making world. For my second GGJ I stood ready, Melo had served as a skill elevation platform when it came to C# and Unity. This year I wanted to challenge myself, as such I made the decision of going solo as a way to prove and quantify my progress.
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A Image in worth of thousands words (no text)
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Making Memories (An impactful moment)
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Zen (No intense visuals or sound effects)
The theme dropped: Roots; ideas began to flood in. In an effort to define a frame I looked at the different diversifiers available. At first I wanted to play around the hidden heritage diversifier but since it was not meant for my side of the english channel I switched up a little bit with a few others
​How about Familial roots? A 2D puzzle game in which you accomplish a few tasks before jumping to an other ancestors reflecting their lives and their hardships that cultimate in modern days. If needed I could remove an ancestor to gain time or remove tasks. The concept was scalable and achievable for a single person.
The result? Well the code is a quite chaotic, the animations are a little junky, but the game is thoroughy complete and bug free. I meant for more ancestors to be present (revolutionnary, medieval farmer...) to deepen the meaning of roots, but in the end I lacked the time.