Game Jam organised at the Sae Institut between students and externs wishing to gain experience in directing and producing in the winter period, my role creating all the menus and a layer system to display the three different mechanics of the game produced by my colleagues to produce a working prototype phone.
Project Summary
- Game Jam: Jingle Jam
- Theme: Winter
- Team: 5 programmers
- Genre: Cookie Clicker
- Rule: Automate your production
- Plateform target: Smartphone
Roles and Contributions
Gameplay Programming
- Added destructible walls when a player is ejected
- Implemented camera behavior based on player position, distance, and center of the arena
- Added a fall system for the tornado
- Added a flashing effect that accelerates when an attack is charged
- Added a red flashing effect when a player is attacked
- Added a character image repeat effect when performing a charge
Tech Art
- Designed the different battle arenas
- Integrated the sprites
- Added the tornado (particle system) in the background
- Researched and added the sound bank (music, sound effects, UI sounds)
Personal Experience
We were able to produce the game in record time! from day one, it was up and running because the team’s coordination was simply perfect. we assembled each part of the system with perfect timing. even though we were able to fine-tune the game, there was unfortunately one event in the game that spoiled the experience (nuclear explosion, eliminating all the slaves/employees in your company) which meant we had to start the game from the beginning again. we avoided adding events that destroyed the player’s investment in our game.
Thank you!