Game Developers Refuge

THE NEXT CHALLENGE STARTS NOW

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to use the emoji generator to make a micro-game based off of 4 randomly generated emoji. There are no special rules for this compo.

RULES

1. GO HERE.
SELECT "Regular 4x4x4" from the dropdown
Generate 4 emoji until something makes sense. The goal is to get weird so don't just sit there and reroll until you can make Mario.

2. Make a micro-game using the 4 emoji as your theme.

3. All targets are allowed. All libraries/engines are allowed. Get out there and get shit done.

4. Reusing code and assets is highly encouraged. Build on your successes and make your life easier.

5. Challenge ends in one month. So July 4th for teh slow.





EXAMPLE:




With this, I might make a game where people compete within a high-rise to swap apartments as fast as possible, or maybe have two moving services competing to move furniture between apartments within a time window.

- wang tile game with celtic/viking knots, cyberpunk theme

Mockup:

Home run derby, inside a convenience store, and every time you miss a pitch, you gotta take a drink. Objective is to knock as much stuff from the shelves as possible. Getting drunk makes hitting/aiming the ball harder.

Working title "Lucky Bridge Moon Shot"

You're a wizard who has a recipe for crafting "good luck" potions from 4 leaf clovers. But where to get 4 leaf clovers? You've discovered that moon rocks contain minerals that when struck with living tissue can be used to grow 4 leaf clovers in abundance and very quickly through a certain magical process. But how to get moon rocks to strike living tissue in sufficient quantity? You come up with a plan where during the local Lunar Festival (that, coincidentally, is happening very soon) you will anger the Lunar Gods who will surely start hurling moon rocks at you in retaliation. And if you can get people in between you and those moon rocks ... well, that is a recipe for success! A bridge on the way from your local village and the location where the Lunar Festival is celebrated each year would seem to be the perfect place to set up a trap to harvest that valuable moon energy!

Here's my finished submission!

"Lucky Moon Rock Bridge"



Downloads: Windows | Mac | Linux

Source code

EDIT: Link to my ultra-crummy source code added!
However, do note that you will not be able to build and run the code as-is because the paid art assets I used have been removed (I obviously don't want to redistribute them in source form!). If you are interested in building and running this code yourself for whatever reason and can provide me with proof that you have purchased these art assets yourself, then I would be happy to send you the missing PCX file you'll need.

Hell yes!

Home Run Derpy



https://noop.rocks/sirocco/cc/cc-005-compo.zip (Windows binary + source)


Whew. That was too much work. Totally worth it, though

Somewhat belated congrats to our participants. We had some great entries this time around
I'm looking forward to October.

Indeed! Congrats everyone, the entries were all great fun to play.