Chewsy

This project was made for the GameJam 2020 hosted by  GameDev HQ.  We had  6 days to create a game based on the theme: "CHOOSE".

This is our first GameJam and I have to say: that prompt is rather daunting.  The most defining element of gaming is the agency of choice.  We tried to push the limits on what makes an interesting choice... rather, a Sacrifice... a Gambit.   But it still begged the question: how does implementing some interesting choices separate any one project from every other game that innately contains choices; how can we capture the essence of "CHOOSE" with our own theme?   After pitching each other many lofty ideas, we ultimately decided... this is impossible.   But (a day and a half) later we decided to lean in to our favorite mechanic that relates to this theme...

***Resources you'd like to use as currency instead must be used as ammunition or life. 

 We asked each other: "Is there a species that would sacrifice their young in order to defend themselves?"  (Sadly, there are many).  But the most intriguing idea came out of a joke: "What about squirrels and their nuts.?" 

You know how it goes: you start riffing and then suddenly you go: "Are we doing this now?"

SO HERE'S THE PREMISE:

You're a forest squirrel venturing out of your tree hole to harvest some nuts.  Munch-munch-munch.  Suddenly you find yourself surrounded by Predators (wolves, bears, snakes).  Your only resource... is your nuts.  You have 3 choices: 

- HEALTH: eat to recover from damage.

- AMMO: Spend nuts as ammunition to ward off enemies.

- UPGRADE: Or bring your nuts back to your Tech Tree(house) to upgrade your skills. 

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Obviously, having had only a few days to do this means some things are broken, and definitely not balanced.  The waves are set to random with increasing difficulty.  That said, I have found myself enjoying each little playtest.  Those split-second choices are surprisingly rich .. and I'm curious  to know what choices you would  make.  

Designers:

- Stealth Mode (Jesse Warren)

- Skodje

NOTES ON PLAY:

-  FIRE        Lt-click 

-  HEAL      Rt-click

-  UPGRADE   ( at treehouse)