Story:
2 neighbors go head to head to see whos yard is the most immaculate before the yearly "Yard immacula-tion competition" . Take care of your yard while simultaneously sabotaging your enemies yard in the cover of darkness.
The idea behind this game with light and day was supposed to be multilayered. Sure on the surface the new day brings new grass and new challenges, But you also have the chance to sabotage your neighbors lawn under the cover of darkness without being spotted by your opponent. If spotted, you would have the choice between paying money to your opponent in compensation or be stuck in your home for the remainder of the night.
Or you could simply enjoy mowing your lawn in peace to earn more points than your opponent before judgement day.
W,A,S,D, Movement.
"Spacebar" while near mower, Watering Can(Grey box) and Pick-axe(Bugged) to use them
Mower
- cuts grass to earn point
-you can also cut your enemies grass.
it can breakdown if you hit too many rocks (x3 rocks)
Watering Can:
-Fix that darn dry patch and grow more grass in the following day
-You can use it to grow more grass as well.
Pick-Axe:
-Break the boulders on your lawn
-Don't miss the boulder or you will ruin your nice grass (use this against your enemy)
Extra ideas I wanted to implement:
Break up the Boulders and sell them to a truck that comes along each night (leaves your other entrance open to sabotage while selling)
You can "water the pebbles" and wait a day for them to grow into big rocks and sell more.
Final words:
This was an awesome way to get my hand into some more game development stuff, I really appreciate the Aotearoa game jam guys for organizing all of this!
Big thanks to Sorcia, Noak and Daniel for all the support over the weekend!