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When Life Gives You Lemons (2018)

Game Jam, tinyDino Games

Game Maker Studio, GML

Engineering

Game Design

Level Design

VFX

When Life Gives You Lemons (WLGYL) is a single-player battle royale where you strive to be the last man standing against an army of zombie lemons. The game was built over the course of 10 evenings for the DreamHack Atlanta Jam where it earned 1st place against 100 plus submissions.

WLGYL presented some great engineering and design challenges, specifically around storm mechanics, and two entirely different behaving enemy AIs. This game benefitted from the development of The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines, which had already been in development for a couple years and provided a base level knowledge about twin-stick shooters.

  • Designed and built a unique Battle Royale style storm mechanic in the form of a tornado.

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  • Built an opponent AI system that explores the map, seeks out gear, and will attack and respond to the player, lemon AI, and other opponent AI.

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  • Built a "Zombie Lemon" AI that seeks out the player and opponent AI based on sound emission.

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