I posted a video about the game jam experience you can check it out here.

Has  Science Gone Too Far? was my submission for the first Miz Jam. A game jam where everyone has to use the same art set. When I saw the art set i was really excited as a love the assets created by Kenney. After looking at the art pack I decided that i wanted to use the rocket and building sprites to create a game where you place buildings to gather resources and buy the pieces of a rocket to leave the planet you were on. Initially i just wanted a top down grid but letter realised that the game would be better set on the surface of a planet and would be much more fun with a timer!

I initially started the game using the Defold engine but only managed to get a few hours in during the first week due to work commitments. I quickly realised that i missed my IDE and the shortcuts I have memorised so I decided to switch to Javascript and PixiJS on the last Saturday. In total I didn't have enough time to complete everything i wanted but it was a lot of fun, and the switch made me much more productive. 

By The end of Saturday I had all the core game mechanics ready except:

• Enemies
• Sound
•  Balance

I quickly added some enemies and some royalty free sounds on Sunday and then spent most of my time balancing the game with the help of Family and friends who play tested it. It started too easy but i eventually found a balance (that i think ended up being too hard, I definitely wish I had more time for balancing)

I had a lot of fun building this game and will definitely be polishing it after the game jam voting is closed. Heres some of the things I hope to add:

• Cleanup the code (PixiJS isn't really a game engine so I ended up with a mess of classes that i would like to turn into a mini library i can use in the future)
• Different difficulty levels
• Tutorials, or some indication of how to play
• Sound effects
• Animations
• Packaging for different platforms

If you haven't checked out "Has  Science Gone Too Far?" you can here, and please rate it here (It's great to play with sound on so if you haven't please try it :))

Thanks

- noprobsbobs