Hack 'n' Go

Overview

For the AI & Games Game Jam 2021 our Team created the game aligning with the Theme "Breaking The Rules". 

Unfortunatley, our AI and some other game bits broke 3 hours before deadline in a way we did not want it to break. We were able to patch it up, but had to disable the AI, so imagine the guards searching and hunting you when they see you. We will continue to work on the issue and update the game. 

Hector is upset. the world just does not appreciate him the way he deserves! He will prove them wrong. Hector understands the world he is in, it's all zeros and ones. And he has a gadget to hack his world and change it. Help him finally showing all those dum dums who is the true Alpha! But be careful not to break anything....

Both the gameplay and the story play with the theme "Breaking the rules". Hector is breaking the rules on many levels: he breaks the law, he tries to jailbreak and he breaks the rules of his world, which is also reflected in the game mechanics.

How to play

Hector uses a gadget call Hacking Everything Console, short for H.E.C. with which he can change the settings of the world. His world consists of zeros and ones, true and false. You just need to swap those two words on his gadget by pull and drop function. Wrong means turning stuff off, true means turning stuff on. 

During the levels you will find Upgrades you can install to grant you more ways to break the game's rules, like walking through walls. Those upgrades are needed in order to progress. 

To directly interact with objects (opening & closing doors, picking up upgrades, breaking coffee mugs and plates to lure guards away) use the SPACE key. 

Movement keys are just commen aswd controls.

Controls summary: 

Movement >> aswd

Interaction >> SPACE 

Gadget display interaction >> mouse cursor with pull and drop

Team members and Contributions 

Jamie Fuchs: Programming and Unity Implementation

Matthias Niedertscheider: Level Design, Unity Implementation, Sounds

Beatrice Fuchs: Visual and 2D Art, Animations, Sounds, Story and Writing

References Code References

Unity Grid System: Youtube - Code Monkey, Grid System in Unity (Heatmap, Pathfinding, Building Area) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waEsGu--9P8&t=0s

Sound References

Music 

• Background Game music: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/game/ Game level music (mixkit-game-level-music-689)
• Alarm /Chase music: https://opengameart.org/content/chase, Chase!, Attribution Notice: Ted Kerr

Light Gates:

• Turn on
• Shut down

Camera:

• Turn on: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/game/ (mixkit-sci-fi-positive-notification-266)
• Shut down: https://orangefreesounds.com/shut-down-sound-effect/

Gadget:

• Taking Gadget in/out of pocket: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/game/  (mixkit-explainer-video-game-alert-sweep-236)
• Gadget Interaction: (mixkit-retro-arcade-casino-notification-211) https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/game/
• Gadget Upgrade Loading: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/glitch/ Futuristic glitch robot
• Gadget Update finsihed: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/sci-fi/?page=2 Fast sci fi bleep

Guards:

• Chaseing
• Alerted Music Theme: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/game/ Ominous Drums (mixkit-ominous-drums-227)
• Guard punch: https://soundbible.com/1773-Strong-Punch.html Strong_Punch-Mike_Koenig-574430706
• Footsteps
• Guard alert: https://opengameart.org/content/rpg-sound-pack Author: artisticdude
• Guard Scratching Head: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-sound-effects-download/scratching-255 (Scratching-Skin-A1-www.fesliyanstudios.com)

Cafe Machine:

• Turned on: Cooking Sound Effect (Cooking-sound-effect) https://orangefreesounds.com/cooking-sound-effect/
• Turned off

Player:

• Getting hit: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/game/ Boxer getting hit (mixkit-boxer-getting-hit-2055)
• Footsteps
• Hiding in Vase: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/thud/ Metal toll drop
• Hiding in Bin: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/impact/ Wood hard hit

Lamps:

• Lightswitch: https://opengameart.org/content/light-switch-on-sfx-sound-effect

Light Switch On SFX Sound Effect, Attribution Notice By Nicole Marie T

Door:

• Locked Door: https://opengameart.org/content/door-lock-sounds LockedDoorHandJiggle
• Unlock Door: https://opengameart.org/content/door-lock-sounds UnlockDoor
• Open door: https://opengameart.org/content/rpg-sound-pack Author: artisticdude

Prison Bar Door

• Open/Close Prison Bar Door: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-sound-effects-download/sliding-gate-232 (Squeaky-Metal-Gate-Opening-B-www.fesliyanstudios.com)
• Prison Bar Door Locked: https://orangefreesounds.com/metal-door-closing/ Metal Door Closing

Security Door:

• Hissing when opened: https://opengameart.org/content/steam-release-sounds Author: bart
• Slamming Shut: https://orangefreesounds.com/metal-door-shut-loud/ Metal Door Shut Loud

Radio:

• Radio turned on https://opengameart.org/content/zombie-news-in-radio Zombie News on Radio, Attribution Notice: OrbitStudios Fernando Ferreira
• Radio turned off

TV

• TV on: https://opengameart.org/content/static-noise-similar-untuned-tv-also-known-white-noise White Noise

PC-Screen:

• Turned on: https://opengameart.org/content/sfx-plug-in-plug-out SFX by Cleyton Kauffman - https://soundcloud.com/cleytonkauffman
• Turned off: https://opengameart.org/content/sfx-plug-in-plug-out SFX by Cleyton Kauffman - https://soundcloud.com/cleytonkauffman

Code-Explosion:

• Explosion Sound: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/impact/?page=2 Heavy electric shockwave impact
• Music vers 1 leading to explosion: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/thud/ Couture by Ahjay Stelino
• Music vers 2 leading to explosion: https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/tag/videogame/ Games Music by Grigoriy Nuzhny
• Explosion: https://orangefreesounds.com/bomb-explosion-sound-effect/ Bomb Explosion Sound Effect

Coded-Wall:

• Wall Glitch: https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/glitch/ Glitch static