Here I am this year again participating to the A Game By Its Cover jam, hosted on itch.io at https://itch.io/jam/a-game-by-its-cover-2017. Last year, you might remember that I had made Gear Link, based on the Item Connect famicase cart. This year, my game will be named Layer Lady, and it's based on this cart right there.
In Layer Lady, you control Laya, the Layer Lady herself. She must find all the scattered coins across Layer Land, but her actual range of movement is quite limited. By using mysterious Game Box™ Entertainment Systems she can get to another area of Layer Land and find more coins there! But wait, she is herself inside the Game Box! And you are playing on a Game Box as well! Whenever you use the device, she uses it as well, moving every version of herself at once! Can you collect all the coins without Laya suffering a terrible fate in one of the many layers?
Well, that's the idea right now. Having an idea is a big part of a jam, but now I have to execute on it. I'm still curious about the right mechanics to implement in order to have the layer idea work well and not be terrible, but in any case, that'll be it for me this year! If this idea doesn't work, there's always next time :D
Here's what I have right now.
- Time spent on the project so far: 2 hours