Project Corona: TIGJam Game

Global Game Jam is coming up, and that reminded me: I still haven’t talked about my last jam game! I made a video here (the first 3 minutes is talking about game jams in general, the rest is about the game):

So the last half of the video there, I start summarizing the new things I’ve learned with Project Corona. Here’s a list:

• First time to not over-think pre-game organization
• First time drawing exhaust trail things
• First time rolling own mini-physics engine
• First time implementing inverse kinematics
• First time making fast-paced action game
• First time making an action game with no “badguys”
• First time making a monochrome game
• First time making all audio myself (except midi source) (and it being decent)
• First time making all art myself (and having it look good)
• Based on a true story – educational game I guess
• First time implementing deep parallax

Anyway, if you want to check it out, here’s a link to the last build I made. It’s meant to run 800×600 or so, so if your browser window is huge you might have to resize to get the right performance out of it.

Some tips while playing:

• The point is for you to grab the film cannisters from the sky and return them (gently!) to the airbase.
• Your maximum velocity goes up with your score.
• The “end game” (at least for me) is discovering the moon. Can you make it there?

I’ve pretty much abandoned the project at this point, but I still go and play it once and a while. Let me know what you think!