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"through a lens" games jam prompt - Coggle Diagram
"through a lens" games jam prompt
genre
the genre will be a vertical panning game
a top down Role Playing Game
core game mechanics
player
click on the ant if you wish to donate food to it
right click on the ant if you would like to warn it about something
the ant will need guidance because ants are blind and so making sure you click on the ground to alert the ant or specific spots will be useful so it can avoid certain things
you can only move left or right with A and D
you can scroll and move the magnifing glass by using the mouse (it will be centeral so they can of course still interact)
click to look through a magnifing glass
NPC
The ant will walk anywhere within the lens that the player click
the ant will display different emotions based on events in the game such as angry if it was just attacked, half sleepy if you have not looked after the ant or sad if your ant notices your not ok.
The ant will have the ability to attack if you don't have sunlight for the lens
environment
night time will be harder for both you and your ant because you ahve no light for the lens or for you to be able to navigate your ant safely
night time also suggest threats are near by
if there happens to be a river near by, you and your ant could be able to walk into marsh where your ant will need you to get it a leaf in order for it to
rules and fordances
using the lens, you can drag and drop anythinng you zoom into
you can drag and drop leaves and give them to the ant
use the lens create a fire for yourself to cook birds which you can grab from the sky or create fire to kill a beetle
the game will let you know when you are hungry when your character makes a stomach rumble sound
the game will let you know if your ant needs help with a flashing red light source that will go from the bottom right corner to the left on the lens
the win and loose conditions
if you can save the tiny ant and keep yourself safe you win the game
if your ant dies but you manage to keep yourself safe in the journey you get a darker ending which would count as loosing but a small win