The theme of this jam was "Roll of the Dice." To fit this, we created a short almost-roguelike game about 3 dice who are pitted against the evil King of Diamonds and his card army. Each dice character can "roll" one of multiple die (each having the same number of sides of the character) to determine what action they will take. This action is applied to every character in an area (of the player's choosing) where the dice lands.

We decided to make dice actions affect everyone in an area, including allies for attacks and enemies for healing/buffs. The purpose of this was to spur thoughtful and strategic placement of dice and to discourage the player from "hacking and slashing" at the cards. Furthermore, each card has a specific targeting rule (e.g. closest dice, most healthy dice, least healthy dice), which forces the player to protect specific dice from attacks through thoughtful positioning. These both proved to be successful in making our game's combat more engaging, and also became the surprise of many players when they realized they could heal enemies and hurt allies, which made them think twice before attacking.