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GRANNY ESCAPED

#1 FUN GAME AT BRACKEYS GAME JAM 2022.1

ROLE

Game Designer, Level Designer, Programmer, Modeler, Animator

DESCRIPTION

Granny has been feeling down these days...

She just watched a documentary about tropical islands and dreams of travelling there...

Take Granny out for a dream ride in her tropical fantasy !

Use Golf inspired inputs and mechanics to move her through the levels.

YEAR

2022 (Brackeys 7 Days Game Jam 2022.1)

GENRE

Golf-like

PLATFORM

itch.io

MY TAKEAWAYS

  • First Game Jam.

  • Prioritizing work and focusing on finding a great mechanic and work around it.

  • Programming using UE4 Blueprints and C++.

  • Model, rig and animate using Blender.

  • Make a story and present it through typing cut-scene.

  • Voicing Granny with randomized organic lines appearing throughout playing.

MORE ABOUT THE GAME

WHY GRANNY ESCAPED?

The theme of the Jam was "It is not real".
Thinking of different ideas, I settled with the idea of a grandmother wishing to do more exciting things. Dreaming of robbing banks at first, I went with tropical island visiting as I did not have enough time to work on models but I owned some tropical island models.
I imagined her with some rollerblades and a walker with wheels, rolling through levels, thrown out by the player.
Physics handle was what I programmed originally, but after some playtesting, I modified it to a more common movement, closer to Golf with your Friends mechanic.

MODELS/RIGGING/ANIMATION

As I had no previous experience in this, I followed a few tutorials and reworked everything to match my vision of the Granny and animations. I also contacted some family to get feedback on the animations and see if I could improve my work to appeal to a broad audience.

SOUNDS

With the will to make the game feel more organic, and in thought, the marines from Halo, I decided to add random voices occuring throughout the game. Using some random float and depending on the character speed or immobility, voicelines will appear. I wrote and acted these.

WANT TO TRY IT OUT?

Here is a link to itch.io :

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