Cabin Menders
Cabin Menders
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2-player local co-op platformer. Play as magical tools and work together to fix the witch's cabin the cat destroyed.
2-player local co-op platformer. Play as magical tools and work together to fix the witch's cabin the cat destroyed.
Made during Global Game Jam 2020 (theme: 'Repair')
Made during Global Game Jam 2020 (theme: 'Repair')
Play (GGJ): https://globalgamejam.org/2020/games/cabin-menders-8
Play (Itch): https://mijkolsmith.itch.io/cabin-menders
Process and responsibilities
Process and responsibilities
Mechanic and level design
With the prompt 'Repair', we decided to go for a co-op game where the players fix objects. Since the artists in the team specialized in 2D, we went with a platformer game.
To increase the importance of deviding tasks (leading to teamwork), each of the 3 characters can only fix 2 types of damages. This led to each player choosing a different path through the level to repair the objects.
During level design, my initial graphs showed which jumps the players could and couldn't make. After the initial setup with assets, I realized it would be fun to let players jump on eachother to get to hard-to-reach places.
To increase the challenge of the core gameloop (devide tasks -> choose path -> platform and repair), a timer was included. Finishing the level faster increased the amount of stars the players received.
This led to players wanting to replay levels to reach the full 3 stars, challenging their dexterity-based skills (platforming).
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