Nine teams of around 40 jammers are taking part in this year’s Scottish Game Jam, so here’s a handy guide to each of them and how their games are adhering to the theme of deception and the constraints of rinks, winks and sinks!
The Team: Bunny at the Window – Michael, Iain, Stephen, Ben, Iain, James
The Game – The Lord of the Rink: The Return of the Rampuck
The Pitch – Players assume the role of the legendary Rampuck as he attempts to escape from the dastardly Zamboni in their ice rink arena. LOTR is a 2D platformer where Rampuck must jump obstacles and manipulate objects to reach his goal.
However, as the game goes on, the controls are switched at certain points in the game’s level. This can be as simple as switching left with right and up with down, or as complex as swapping the entire functionality of the Xbox controller’s face buttons with the d-pad, or mixing them up altogether! Audio cues and vibration cues from the controller indicate when the controller layout will change…but it’s up to you to figure out what’s been moved around!
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