Link to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xyMm41I-qVRFyG0bvwFuPfGOxqdWNNxXiB9r1sFMARk/edit?usp=sharing

Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
Yes!

Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
Yes!

Summarise your game!
“All’s Fair in Love and War” is based on the popular idiom. The game is based on match-making and the courting behaviour of birds (and people alike!).


The player will try to woo their colleague by funding their endeavours from their job. This will require players to identify bird couples in fast-paced ‘puzzle-sort’ mechanic. After their shift, players can use the money from their shift to bring presents to their colleague and chat.


The gameplay is mainly delivered in two phases on a day-to-day basis. From 9 to 5, the player controls bird Cupid’s arrows through a point and click mechanic, matching the correct couples based on corresponding thought bubbles and trying to avoid homewrecking. This earns CC (cupid coins), which unlocks different daily items that the player can bring to their co-worker. The second phase is a visual novel style where the dialogue choices and responses are affected by the player’s bought item and their choices.

The game’s mechanics are simple, meaning it can be played with just a mouse! Left click selects dialogue and shoots, and right click zooms while in the shifts.

Please explain how your game fits the theme:
The definition of a ‘weapon’ on google being: “A thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage” meant there were a few ways to approach the theme. The well-known idiom “Alls fair in love and war” was the main inspiration. For one, love is a volatile force. The famous portrayal of ‘Cupid’ shows the bow and arrow as a driving force between love, and while there are positive reactions when you match up couples, accidentally breaking up pre-existing couples has a negative effect and inflicts ‘harm’.
The game emulates a top-down shooter, while not violent in nature. There is a secret fourth shift based on dialogue options that is a ‘heartbreaker’ level, with the full intention to nestwreck as many couples (destruction!!)