Lynch

Cat-astrophe Games Gamejam 2022-12-16.

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Download a ready compiled version (for Windows and Linux) from https://cat-astrophe-games.itch.io/lynch .

Using Castle Game Engine.

Screenshots

Building

Compile by:

• CGE editor. Just use menu item "Compile".

• Or use CGE command-line build tool. Run castle-engine compile in this directory.

• Or use Lazarus. Open in Lazarus lynch_standalone.lpi file and compile / run from Lazarus. Make sure to first register CGE Lazarus packages.

Summary

Goal was:

• A short "walking simulator" with simple puzzles.
• The main feature: a 3D house surrounded by some foliage, with "night time" lighting (lanterns, hard shadows, starry sky, chirp-chirp and wind blowing sfx).
• The main work will be modeling in Blender.
• In Castle Game Engine: a simple setup of scenes, sounds, mirrors and puzzles and testing that it looks as good as in Blender.

Results:

• 3D house and surroundings, with sensible proportions.
• After gamejam small additions:
  • Sounds: Ambience, footsteps, statues.
  • Simple mechanics of creepy statues.

TODO

Graphics:

• Tree model has to be replaced with something better. Current tree is just autogenerated and brutally simplified with Decimate, looks bad.
• Maybe add additional bushes, to have really a lot of foliage.
• Materials, textures.
• Shadows.
• Night sky (stars, moon) skybox.
• Lanterns, bright but very local lights.
• Overall: "night aura" feeling is missing, it's at best a late desaturated sunset.
• Fountain and lake - mats mirrors.
• Roof looks bad after Decimate, it should be made low-poly by correctly modelling very low-poly pieces.

Sound effects:

• Chirp-chirp?
• Wind blowing?

Code:

• Game mechanics; now there's nothing interactive.
  • Additional weird part in-house was planned.
  • We wanted puzzle to open the gate, to get key to house, to pass the hall of mirrors...