The Nightlight Zone

Part of the GMTK 2022 Game Jam. 

Theme: Roll of the Dice

Our interpretation of the theme was to use the definition of the idiom: a risky attempt to do or achieve something.

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Play as a young child out past your bedtime as you search for your missing comforts. Your teddy bear, blanket, favorite storybook, and other items are missing from the safe haven of your lamp-lit bedroom. Explore each corner of the house with your trusty flashlight before your battery runs out. Once in the dark, your imaginations and fears begin to run wild as you enter "The Nightlight Zone."

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Controls:
WASD - Move
Mouse - Look
E/Left Click - Interact
Esc - Pause

Controller should be supported, but is untested.

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Things that were missed or didn't get finished that could have made it:

When the scream happens, the player should faint and be moved back to the last checkpoint - the last light they were in besides the flashlight. Then we could have used more time to test and iterate on the progression of the player's fear and how lights allay that fear.

When returning to the room with the needed item, you are supposed to be presented an option to go to bed and end the game, instead of immediately ending the game.

Upon game end, we wanted to show what items were collected, how long it took, how many lights were turned on, and how many batteries were used.

Then there's plenty more we feel could be built into the game in more than 48 hours.

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Credits:

Patrick Bate - Story Master

Mike Fields - Scriptic Messenger

Caleb Kirilov - Sound Design

Kayla LaPoure - Shape Maker

Josí Morgan - Sound Wizard

Jacob Schwitzer - Scriptic Messenger

Tyler Senne - Scriptic Messenger

Harry Strong - Shape Maker

Say Wah - Shape Maker

With 2D art by Nicholas Schwitzer