NS Simulator the beginning

Welcome to my post-mortem write-up on this game.

NS Simulator 2022 is a game specifically made for the Avans Game Jam 2022.
We had a couple of hours to make a game from scratch, using the theme “less is more”.

So, I went to work visualizing one of my daily frustrations into the form of a game.
Getting to the train on time.

However, since the theme was “Less is More” I added a twist, the less time you have left the more points you earn!

I also managed to add some of the things I wanted to show off on, like adding a parallax background, radial dials that go up and down according to the game state and a non-standard control scheme.

However, due to the limited time, I had to cut out a lot of things near the end of the jam's deadline. I scoped too big and had to correct my course to wrap things up on time. Most of the stuff I wanted to add was ultimately implemented in one form or another, but at the same time I had to cut quite a lot. 

So, I’m going to give myself 2 more days of development time to work on this silly game and add the things I had to cut out,

Like ending animation(s),
More levels,
And leaderboards.