/xkcdgamejam

https://itch.io/jam/xkcdgamejam

Primary LanguageHaxeApache License 2.0Apache-2.0

xkcdgamejam

https://itch.io/jam/xkcdgamejam

Check out the resulting game at: https://blazingmammothgames.itch.io/bun-snap

How to Build + Run

  1. Clone the repo recursively:
$>git clone --recursive https://github.com/BlazingMammothGames/xkcdgamejam.git
  1. Build with node:
$>node kha/make html5
  1. The compiled files will be in the build/html5 folder—serve them up with whichever http server you like!

Ideas

  • Bookstore: you have to escape a bookstore which is trying to make you pay for all the knowledge in your head that is also in their books
    • Action game
    • Top-down
  • A Mole of Moles: explore a moon made of moles
    • Side-scrolling platformer
    • Dodge the volcanic plumes of hot meat & methane bubbles
    • Alternate: colonize the galaxy with moles!
  • Bun: take pictures of buns, searching for a glimpse of the King Bun
    • Like Pokémon Snap, but with buns
  • The Man Who Fell Sideways: try to live your life as gravity pulls you sideways
    • Side-scrolling platformer
    • Gravity pulls you to the right, not down
  • Voynich Manuscript: play some rounds in the world of the Voynich, à la DnD
    • DnD-style RPG
  • T-Rex Calories: cook 80 burgers for a T-Rex before he gets too hungry and bites you in half!
    • Cooking game, serving burgers (and other things?) to a hungry T-Rex
  • Lunar Swimming: play a game of extreme water polo in a pool on the moon
  • Orb Hammer: fly a rocket to the moon and smash the glowing orb with a hammer until some chunks break off, then head home.
  • Margaret: go on a mission to kick God's ass
    • Fighting game
    • Fight angels on your way to the big guy
  • Geologist: hunt rare rocks and mount them on your wall

Chosen Idea

  • Bun: take pictures of buns, searching for a glimpse of the King Bun
    • Like Pokémon Snap, but with buns

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