Jam Game - Theme “Diversity and Inclusivity”
Team Project - Design and Code
November - 2020
Runner Up
"It really was a difficult decision for the judges this year. However, thanks to Ukie member Dell we were able to extend the prizes to 2nd and 3rd place this year. When we say close it was, we mean it - there was very little between 1st, 2nd & 3rd this year. The judges weren't just extremely impressed with the concepts, playability, but with how well they linked to the theme." - Ukie’s writeup of the event.
[Ukie’s full writeup of the results are available here]
For the Game Jam, a team of students and I created a 2D platformer with a theme of diversity and inclusivity. The goal was to have 4 characters, who all needed to reach the goal, and had their own unique abilities and stats.
The game was created for Ukie’s Raise The Game jam, over the course of 24 hours, working in a team. I acted as a middleman for the project, creating a large portion of the code, while also taking in assets from artists and our audio team, and placing them all in the game, while keeping them abreast of what the game needed for completion.
The game involves 4 characters, all with unique colors, shapes, sound effects and abilities.
Pea is red, small, nimble and can fit in small locations.
Wedge is yellow, a triangle, and able to provide a ramp for the others to climb up.
Mallow is green, tall and shaped vaguely like a marshmallow, able to bounce other characters up to high locations.
Punchy is blue, strong but a wonderful voice that puts the angry scribbles to sleep, so the others can safely pass.
Response and Self-Assessment
Achieving runner up, from 300 students, across 70 teams in Ukie’s 2020 Game Jam. The team is immensely happy with our achievement, and proud of what we’ve produced. The game is short, demonstrating a concept I think there’s a lot of well designed depth to the game I would really like to explore. The full writeup of the game can be read below.
Play online
If you would like to play the game for yourself, you can click the link below to be taken to the Itch.io page, and run it in your browser.
GitHub
GitHub was used as version control, and for a collaboration tool between the team, as well as a Microsoft Teams repository. The GitHub can be found at the link below, along with the history.