🔗 Roots Chompers on GitHub

🔗 Roots Chompers on the GGJ website

🔗 Roots Chompers on itch.io

Introduction

I took part in my first game jam with five friends during GGJ 2023. It was also my first proper project using the Unreal Engine (UE5), having only done some testing previously.

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Development

We created a game combining Tower Defence and clicker elements called Roots Chompers. As the theme was Root, we took the jam’s theme quite literally. Indeed, the aim of the game is to protect the root of life from three little creatures that are attacking us:

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We have the following enemies:

  • A normal enemy
  • A fast enemy
  • A tanky enemy

Using the three plants at our disposal:

Gameplay image

The following plants are available to us for defense:

  • A sunflower that shoots from a distance, the default plant
  • A cactus that hits hard, but slowy, in close combat
  • A flower that stuns the enemies

Conclusion

I absolutely loved taking part in this game jam. It helped me make great progress with Unreal. I can’t wait to take part in the next one.

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