Open Source (nickworks)

Premise

Open Source is a classic metroidvania with a twist: the player must reprogram the game. At any time, the player can pause Open Source and edit the game's actual source code. The game plays like MegaMan X with unique code-based puzzles!  

Input

This game requires the use of a keyboard.

Post-Mortem

This game was created as a submission for the Meta Game Jam.

The idea was to create a game that allows the player to play a game while manipulating its source code. 

The game seems to have some potential as a learning tool.

Tutorial

Press TAB to change to the console.

Type the following and press ENTER.

scene

The console should output a string that looks something like this:

{ modal:null, cam:[Camera Object], player:[Player Object], platforms:[Array], npcs: [Array], doors: [Array], bullets: [Array], items: [Array], }

This output is a detailed report of all of the values that exist inside of the scene object. It is in a format called JSON.

If you click on any game object, the console will output a variable. You can use that variable to access the game object.

Click on your player avatar. Notice the following output:

you clicked on scene.player

Interesting. Let's take a peek into the player object. If you type in scene.player in console, you'll see the following output:

{ canDoubleJump:false, pawn: [Pawn Object], hp:100, hpMax:100, dead:false, friend:true, }

Let's change some of these values... Try the following commands in the console:

scene.player.canDoubleJump=true scene.player.hp=50