Golden Star

Designed and created for the Extra Credits 48 Hour Game Jam, by Inventon Games.

For the theme of the Game Jam, "Awesome Per Second," we interpreted the theme as consistency in fun, and also short, and we concluded that classic arcade games were all required to be this way through their design. So we made a Top Down, Shoot-em-Up, and we added money acquiring, and upgrade progression as our own little twist on the retro arcade style.

We've also decided to avoid in-game tutorials for that classic-style experience. The game does run rather deep with more difficult enemies, and better cash rewards as you go on.

In the end, both Stratton and myself look at this game with great pride, as it is well designed and extremely fun, given the scope of a game jam. This is certainly a potential project to continue developing in the future.

Credits:

Blake Blakeslee - Designer/Artist

Stratton Whisler - Programmer

[published 8/19/18]