Metroid Chicken: First Contact

Welcome to the demo / test for Metroidvania Month 20 Gamejam! 

A Metroid Game where you explore through a handful of unique units! Command your tribe of super cute chickens to infiltrate the new land and establish a strong foundation for your chicks! 

CONTROLS

WASD || Arrows to move the camera

mouse scroll wheel to zoom

click on units buttons to spawn

Player Goal

- Build 4 Camps (to win)

- Explore & Experiment (to have fun)

My Goal for the GameJam

I wanted to play around with the idea of exploring, unlocking, and puzzling in a persistent world, but without being able to control the hero... more specifically I wanted to be able to play a metroid vania through various units with different strengths. 

I chose the theme of "Infiltration" for Metroidvania Month 20 2023. The art doesn't have a specific reason for its theming. @LuuiArts just whipped up some super cute art for my early ugly prototype and that was decided to be the theme from that point on. 

There is a hidden "hack menu" that can be used by pressing "ENTER" / "RETURN" on the keyboard. then type "/help" to see the possible commands.

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Known Issues

 Programming

- Tooltip does displays improperly: offscreen, overlapping, far offset

- The game doesn't display the WIN message when you build the last / 4th camp (oops 😅)

Visuals

- Sometimes objects disappear or appear behind/ in front of each other\

- when placing a "camp site" the explorer shows a Researcher hat, instead of explorer

Design / User Experience

- Add a "close" / X button for the Upgrade window (currently have to toggle button)

- UnitSpawning Tutorial is missing or misplaced

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CREDITS

@LuuiArts - 2D Art & Design

@Noah (Me)- Programming, Design, General Development

@TrisyD - OST Composer

Assets Used

Skybox - skybox.blockadelabs.com/

 VFX -  Kyeoms: Hyper Casual VFXs vol1

Font - 1001fonts.com/nexa-rust-font.html

Additional Soundtracks - filmmusic.io