lorentzo/ribiz-jam

Gamedev.js game jam - April 2023

The Darkest Hour

A legends says that deep down in this ruins a secret can be found. A secret such worthy that told by many. But tried by few. A risky venture with a terrible curse for the ones who try. A curse trapping them forever, never letting them to return. Becoming something dark and vile. A loss of light, endless darkness. A creature of dark, endless dweller of the ruins.

After a daylong exploration of a dungeon underneath the ruins of an old abandoned castle, you ought to return to the surface. As the night slowly falls outside, you come to realize the rooms you have been wandering suddenly feel different. Is someone or something watching? The suspense has grown to the point it can physically be felt.

The lantern you have been carrying has been running out of oil and there is no much time before everything becomes completely dark. You must leave the place now. Or this might be the darkest hour of your life...

Info

Playing on a larger screen (e.g. PC) with headphones is recommended!

Made for Gamedev.js game jam - April 2023: https://itch.io/jam/gamedevjs-2023

Game jam entry: https://itch.io/jam/gamedevjs-2023/rate/2037103

Play it on itch.io: https://lovbos.itch.io/the-darkest-hour

WINNERS! 🥳

We have finished among the overall winners (top 10) of the game jam!

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Controls

Action	Binding
Move	W A S D / Arrow Keys
Run	Shift

Technologies

• Godot Engine: Game Development
• Blender: Art, Assets, Environment Art, Characters and Animation
• Krita: Textures
• LMMS: Music
• Audacity: Processing of Sound FX

Codename: ribiz-jam

Word play. In Croatian, "jam" phonetically sounds like the word "džem" meaning "marmalade". "Ribiz" is a fruit (currant) from which marmelade is often made.

ribiz-jam's Issues

Level transitions

Monsters

Start and exit tile

• Create tile for level start (orient1)
• Create tile for level start (orient2)
• Create tile for level end (orient1)
• Create tile for level end (orient2)

Gameplay music and FX

Lantern art

• Lantern model
• Lantern light art
• Lantern time art

Character art

• Character model
• Character animation: run
• Character animation: walk
• Character animation: idle

Monsters art

• Create art for monsters - ghosts?

Lantern burns faster when shift is pressed, regardless of player movement

The lantern should burn faster only when the player is running. Currently, it burns faster when shift is pressed, even when the character is not moving.

Pillar tile art

• Add pillars which are colliders and can be placed arbitrarily around the scene

Start and end story

• Write few sentences for start
• Write few sentences for end

Enhancing main menu

• Options button
• Start procedurally generated mode button (vs start story mode button)
• Background image
• Buttons art
• Credits button
• Remove exit button (not needed for web)

Level design

• Design level1
• Link levels
• Place oils in level
• Place monsters

Lantern mechanics

Main menu art

• Render character, monsters and level end

Enhance tile art

Enhancing floors

• Enhance light and color
• Enhance shapes (scary enough?)
• Add more different art

Enhancing walls

• Enhance light and color
• Matching colors for walls, floors and corners
• Enhance shapes (scary enough?)
• Add more different art

Enhancing corners

• Enhance light and color
• Matching colors for walls, floors and corners
• Enhance shapes (scary enough?)
• Add more different art

Enhancing stairs (start, exit)

• Enhance light and color
• Matching colors for walls, floors and corners
• Enhance shapes (scary enough?)
• Add more different art

Main menu

Add main menu for:

• Refactor Level1.tscn to use new tilemap
• Create 2 additional levels with separate tilemaps and oil
• Prepare procedural level node
• Start game main menu
• Exiting game main menu
• Create main scene which is started when game starts and which shows main menu
• Starting game links to game scene

Narrator

Create narrator:

• Animated blobs
• Text fields
• Triggers
• Interactions

Tileset refactor

• Create tile set containing only templates tiles
• Create tile set containing only art tiles
• Create example scenes for both
• Correctly name tile texture
• Correctly name tilesets

Tile art

Branch: https://github.com/lorentzo/ribiz-jam/tree/dev-tile-art

Create art for:

• floors
• walls
• corners
• 2x walls without elements
• 4x corners without elements
• 1x floors without elements

Oil flask art

• Create oil flask art

Lantern's radius does not always reset

It seems the bug is triggered when lantern's radius reaches its minimum. When the next level is loaded, the energy of the light is reset but not the radius.

Main menu art