Since I'm working on a challenge to make one game for every day in May, I figured I'd join this jam and do a couple games. Right now my goal is to get these two done over the next couple days, though I have a major project coming out and I may not get them done immediately.

The Empire Wants You

Result: 11 - advertisement

Since my big project right now is a 1910s-era game that doesn't focus on WWI, I figured I'd make an equivalent to it in "The Empire Wants You."

The plan is to do an experimental two-character game; each player takes on the role of a character in the homefront and a character at war, with phase-based play that highlights the effect of war on communities.

Herculeanii

Result: 54 - Volcano

Named (roughly) after the citizens of one of the ancient Roman cities that was destroyed in the eruption of Mout Vesuvius, I haven't really decided what the game will entail overall but the old painting from Joseph Wright presented too much of an opportunity for me to pass it up.