I chose to interpret the theme as an infinite maze with no 'finish line'. Endlessly navigating through twists and turns, encountering strange phenomena along the way, with no clear conclusion in sight.
The blaster is there to add a false sense of security. The only 'exit' is death, but if you have a good flow going, you might be able to keep oxygen up indefinitely. The asset pack is pretty large, but it was hard to 'design' a lot of clutter.
Edit: Actually I'm using Sci-Fi Space, which is less huge. I accidentally wrote the wrong pack.
Thanks for checking out my submission for Synty Spooky Jam 2024.
No jump scares, so don’t worry about those.
The game works with both controllers and keyboard + mouse, but I don’t really recommend one over the other.
Please play with audio on.
Assets Used:
Tessera Pro by Boris the Brave from the Unity store for wave function collapse procedural generation
Sci-Fi Space Pack by Synty Studios
Audio from Owani Sound and Ambiences Sounds Vol.1 from GameDevMarket
Game Concept & Development This game draws inspiration from Dead Space, Silent Hill, and The Backrooms. My main motivation was to try out Tessera WFC, which took some time to get working for infinite generation. I learned a lot from this process, and next time I’d probably use a different tile-based approach with Tessera.
The game isn’t deterministic, so each playthrough will be different. Survival time will vary, and you might get stuck and need to restart.
I built this on Unity’s FPS tutorial template but stripped a lot out. The jam was 10 days, but I didn’t have much time to spare, so getting a proper gameplay loop with Tessera’s limitations was a challenge.
Hints: The park is to the north. The arcade is straight to the right from the starting point, try walking through the door. There is a path through the woods.
You did it! A perfectly playable game. I was thinking of making something similar, but had a feeling designing the puzzles could take forever. For some reason I had to press space a bunch of times to create the CONNECTION™.
Those art asset are sweet. The gameplay felt smooth. Could not figure out how to progress. Got double jump and sword, but that was it. Were we supposed to be able to make the double jump just to the right where we pick it up? Actually, never mind, I managed to miss a section. Those bats, though.
Loved the board game concept! Made it through on the first try. Did not feel like there was much strategy involved. With more blocks, more cards, and more players this could be really cool.
