Construction Chaos! - A game made for the 2024 GMTK Game Jam. 

How to play:

Navigate your way up the building to reach the flag using the falling blocks

Collect the coins as you go - they don't do anything, but you can pretend for now ;)


Controls:

  • A / Left - Move Left
  • D / Right - Move Right
  • W / Space - Jump
  • W / Up - Climb Ladders


Notes:

The theme was "Built To Scale", Immediately I pictured a builder who had to scale a building. 

The original plan was to make a game similar to Tetris Plus, where you could move blocks into place for a person trapped inside to try and escape. I wanted to make the game so you could swap between both game modes (Placing blocks, and moving the character inside), but it might have got too confusing, and I didn't know how to program that either... So I settled on having the blocks fall automatically, and you needing to navigate them to escape. 

I was experimenting with different ways to move the blocks in the level, the first stage uses keyframe animations, and the second level uses RigidBody physics. In the end I wasn't really happy with either of them...

If I go back to this idea in the future I'll try and tidy up the movements so they actually build a structure. 

I learned a lot though, having never used Godot properly before, I focussed all weekend on making sure I understood everything I was following. I now have a notebook full of notes, and definitely feel less daunted by the engine. 

Hopefully what I've learned here will help me get back into game dev if I decide to start back up in the future!


Enjoy! :D


Download

Download
Construction_Chaos_Win_Ver 13 WASD Full Screen.exe 160 MB

Install instructions

Play in HTML on browser, or download and run the EXE file

Comments

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Eyy, went to give it a shot but it opens up looking about twice as big as my screen so I can only suss the top left corner

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What resolution is your monitor? It was exported at 1920x1080 but maybe that’s too big? I’m used to working with 4K. I can try exporting at 720p later

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Try the new version :) - it's the same res but should open in full screen. 

Ahhh didn't think to change my screen resolution, I like big chunky icons and such so had set lower. Just played through the game though aaand that was fun. Once I worked out I could jump on stuff as it falls I felt like Quicksilver in one the slow-mo Xmen scenes or Legolas in The Hobbit haha. Good stuff.