17th August Bizarre Contest
genre: 8 – bit
By: Clarissa A. Indriyani (ID 2301946171) and M. Lukman Hanafi (ID 2301929493)
Game Guide
Player are to roam around the main map and interact with object that can lead to the minigames. There are 5 available minigames that can be accessed throughout the map. Once the player are in vicinity of object, press enter and it will direct them to the minigame. In addition, player are able to access house and dialog with NPC by interacting with it.
Minigames
– Makan Kerupuk
Player can acess this minigame by interacting with the kerupuk stand at the bottom left of map. Once entered, player are to click left mouse button to eat the kerupuk. The goal is to finish it ( reach 100 clicks ) before the timer runs out.
– Panjat Pinang
In this minigames, player are tasked to help an old man to find certain items for him to put as panjat pinang prizes. A new quest button will be unlocked to show items that needs to be collected. Player are requires to roam and find this items throughout the map.
Gamification Aspect
After an object has been found and collected, the object will appear in the player house, this is like a trophy collection system.
– Tarik Tambang
Player can access this minigame by interacting with the bundles of rope near the lake on the map. Once entered, player are to press space bar to pull the rope to the right ( player’s side ), if the pull is to weak the opposing side will win and vice versa.
– Balap Karung
Player can access this minigame by interacting with the group of sacks ( karung ) on top right of the map. Once entered, player are to race against an opponent karung. Reach 3 laps before the enemy does to win.
– Gobak Sodor
Player can access this minigame by interacting with the white border on top right of the map. Once entered, player are to dodge enemies by running ( press shift ) and reach the end line without getting caught by enemies.
Controls
All controls are displayed before player accessed the minigames. Controls in main map are accessible in the help button.
Team Member’s Contribution
Clarissa A. Indriyani:
- Created the the start page
- Created main map, house interior
- Designed the Indonesian themed sprite
- Made NPC, dialogs and all buttons
- Developed the balap karung minigame
- Developed the panjat pinang quest
- Created self – made font
M. Lukman Hanafi:
- Created all the musics and sound effects
- Developed the gobak sodor minigame
- Developed the makan kerupuk minigame
- Developed the tarik tambang minigame
- Created volume settings
- Created self – made font
Assets
Self – made assets :
- Buttons
- Indonesian themed sprites ( flags, panjat pinang , kerupuk, etc )
- Text font
- All pop ups ( help , setting , quest, about page)
- Musics & sound effect
Non self – made assets :
- quest objects
https://opengameart.org/content/recycle-items-set
All taken assets are mentioned in-game also
Contribution Documentation & Self Reflection
I came up with an idea to make a game based on 17th August Celebration, since I feel like most of Indonesian have experience the games played during this celebration at least once, either at school, house complex, or even village. My teammate and I brainstormed the minigame that we should include in the games, of course it has be a classic 17th August game and can be develop by using construct 2. Eventually we made the final decision of this five games; makan kerupuk , tarik tambang, panjat pinang, gobak sodor, balap karung. Our plan was just to divide and conquer, pick a game and try to develop it.
I started the game by making the main map and player’s character movement and animation as well as adding NPCs and its dialogs. After that, I made the balap karung minigame which has the concept of a racing game except instead of cars its karung. Also, I added obstacle along the road to make the game more interesting ( rocks, barrels, buckets ). By that time my teammate completed the makan kerupuk and tarik tambang game, so I tried to combine all the minigame so its accesible from the main map.
Then so i thought that the map looks so dull, it doesn’t have any 17th of August Celebration spirit. That’s why I made a couple of Indonesian sprites to spark up the map. This include Indonesian animated flag, banners, kerupuk stand, panjat pinang pole. I was planning to do panjat pinang game but I was having trouble of coming up with a concept of the game. I know the concept is its a climbing competition to get a price at the top, but it is very hard for me to develop that in construct 2. I tried making it a platfomer and a jumping game but it just looks strange, doesn’t quite capture the essence of panjat pinang ( it looks more like lompat pinang ). I was in a stumped, so i decided to continue on with the other stuff first.
In result I made the home screen using the same method as the main map I did. Next I sat down and planned the button configuration, which should be in the home and which should be in the main map. After all of that, I applied the concept and made all of the buttons and its pop up if its clicked, except for the sound settings because thats my teammate work since he’s doing the music as well. Furthermore, I designed the pop ups for each buttons such as the about page, help, sources, etc. This is the most time consuming and rigorous task for me, since I have to make the text letter by letter. Later on, I managed to make another layout which is a house interior that player can enter by interacting with the front door of a house in the main map.
Then I send the file to my teammate so he can add the music & sound effect, combine the gobak sodor game to the main map, and help me configure the you win or you lose setting pop up after the game ends. Finally I came up with an idea of treasure hunt game for panjat pinang game. The concept is that an old man posibly the ketua desa needs the player’s help to find all this bizzare items to put on top of the panjat pinang pole. After I developed that, the game is practically done.
My initial thought that the game had no problem and it should be easy work from here. It turns out I was wrong, there is a lot of tiny bugs for the game, like the pop up doesn’t show, some sound effect is bugged, the text is tilted, button is asymmetrical, etc. My teammate send capx files back and forth at least 5 times fixing bugs we figured out one after the other. We shared a google drive folder from the start to share all assets, files, and more. This stuff really makes me personally fed-up to continue on. In the end though, I just need a break and continue later on. After about 3 days we managed to fixed all the bugs and finished the game. I was pretty proud of the end result of our game, it was a pleasent experience and a fun project overall.
