Daydreamer

Released:

Platforms: Web (Not on mobile though), Windows

Available at: https://jayp3010.itch.io/daydreamer

The theme for the 2024 Global Game Jam was "Make me Laugh". However, we had a hard time coming up with a game idea that incorporated this theme, as funnyness is hard to get right. First, we thought about doing a story-based game again like with Murder at the Great Exhibition, but we decided against it as humor is hard to pin down and there's a good chance that others wouldn't like the same jokes as us. In the end, we decided to make a game featuring Tom-and-Jerry-style cartoonish attacks.

The Game

The game features Average Jane, a factory worker who puts on headphones and daydreams about mangling her annoying coworkers in various ways. The stage is a flying island in the sky featuring two floating platforms and a rollercoaster train that routinely zooms over the screen.

Attacks

Press 1 for a claw attack with a bear trap!

Press 2 for a baseball strike using a stop sign!

Press 3 to summon a falling piano!

Press 4 to shoot a toy gun!

Press 5 to throw a pie!

Press 6 to flatten your enemies with a frying pan!

If you're using a controller you'll have to use a combination of directional input and face button to attack, just like in Smash Bros.