So neither of us had ever even attempted making a point and click adventure game before so needless to say while it wasn't hard to figure out it was new for us. There was a little bickering about the code and who's was prettier but in the end I think we got some valuable experience for if we ever try again.
Quite a lot of things, for example, my friend and I worked as a team for the first time, but the most interesting thing for me specifically is that I completely modeled the characters for the first time. Usually I only deal with props and environments, but now I tried characters and it seems to work out well :)
I made some things I've never done before, I made:
-puzzles that plays out like those "rock pushing puzzles" you would see in a few caves in Pokemon (and making some puzzles were a lot trickier than expected for designing),
-having the ability to switch to one of the 2 different levels you can go to at the end of a maze
-multiple endings
There are probably a few more that I'm forgetting but at the end it was pretty tough to get this done and I'm glad I somehow managed to get through most of it :)
I made my own Level Editor to help out designing the levels while developing the game. I realized later that I wasn't very efficient with the code for the level editor and that I lost a lot of time grinding that long line of code. The positive thing about making that level editor, despite me being very inefficient, is that I later figured out a much simpler and more efficient way to code that level editor that I can try for my next game.
We implemented split-screen coop as a feature we've never done before. It adds a lot to it!
If you like check it out: https://rarewaters.itch.io/crozy-herbest
This wasn't my first game jam, but was the first time I did the programming for one in addition to the art. Also my first solo jam. And the first time I've turned in something completed. This is the first time in any project I've done where I have:
- Had a start screen
- Swapped scenes in Unity
- Had background music and sound effects/made sound effects
- Made a currency system
- Made a timer
- Had multiple endings
My game is far from perfect, but I learned so much making it. I can't wait to apply my new skills to the next game jam I participate in!
I used completely the new input system, that made it 2 days not so cozy, in the end I had to downgrade to 1.3.0. version to solve all issues. I made my very first Minimap and procedural terrain maze for this gamejam, so I learned much about the difference between worldspace and voxel terrain space. And I made a unique game mechanic: You have to run with the bunnys home together, not only collect them. So I am happy, whatever the voting result will be. https://hitbox-games.itch.io/rabbit-in-autumn
This year has been my first year doing anything like this, so pretty much every game jam I do, there is something new being put in I've never tried before. One thing that was super awesome though was that my team put a dynamic music system in our game for this jam! Our game is about reminiscing with an old friend by drawing, so we used musical cues to guide the player to the right things to draw. When you are looking around, an ambient music loop plays, and when you start drawing the correct object for a certain period of time, the music will change to a more melodic loop. Finally, when you send the drawing, it plays this big musical flourish and then begins playing the next set of tracks. There were other new things I tried for this jam, like shaders, dialogue, etc but I had the most fun working with our composer on this!
We made a roguelike bullet hell game, and this is the first game I've attemped to make an online leaderboard, and a save file, so you can keep your progress between sessions. If anyone wants to try it to get to the top of the leaderboards, this ir our game:
https://agezma.itch.io/fearow-scarecrow
