Global Game Jam Entry: The Pacifist
January 31, 2011 - 1:58 am
This is the game that my team and I have made during the Manila Game Jam 2011 held last weekend.
Take note that this game was only created in 48 hours! So there are still some bugs and problems in the game. Don’t worry we will be fixing them soon.
Game Description:
You take control of a boy who needs to go through a forest full of endangered species in order to get home. You remember your mother’s warning that you should never hurt or kill any animals as they may become extinct and respawn as ghosts and haunt you forever.
The game highly discourages killing. If you happen to kill an animal, they spawn as ghosts and try to exact revenge by preventing you from reaching your goal. The more ghosts there are, the harder the level becomes.
The levels are designed so that you will be forced to making decisions on whether to kill an animal or not. There are times when killing, makes things easier. There are times that it doesn’t. It’s up for you to decide what choice you make.
[...] The Pacifist is the result of a few hours of coding from Game Jam ’11 in Manila, Philippines. In essence, it’s your typical platformer with a twist — you’re encouraged not to kill anything. You play a kid who had some heavy life lessons about killing things and by some stroke of irony, are plunged into a world with endangered creatures all out to get you. As to why there seems to be an abundance of endangered creatures all in one area eludes me. [...]