Laughing Gas
A downloadable game for Windows
Two prisoners sentenced to death row compete in a game where each victory induces their opponent with laughing gas.
Make them die laughing.
Global Game Jam link: https://globalgamejam.org/games/2024/laughing-gas-0
Gameplay video:
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In this run down table-top horror, a conniving, player-simulating prisoner is your final foe. Before you are 2 gas pipes that can be commanded to flip (towards you or your opponent) using 2 red hand-wheels. If both pipes face either player at the same time, that player will be forced to ingest a heap of sweet, sedating N₂O... 'Laughing Gas'.
Amid this twisted recreation of the prisoners dilemma, you have five chances to succeed, tracked by the number on your life-gauge. Your only goal is to ensure that both pipes face your opponent at all times... But beware: learning, adapting and challenging you with your own techniques, the prisoner will prove that you're not so different from one another. Be cautious with your strategies, it has a knack for patterns.
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Made for the Global Game Jam 2024 - "Make Me Laugh"
Our Team:
Anselmo Noriega - Game Design, Programming
Anthony "troopsushi" Botsford - Game Design, Art, Animation, Sound Design/Audio
Kevin Hang - Game Design, Narrative
Kyle Brent - Game Design, Programming, Narrative
Marc van Niekerk - Game Design, Programming, Art,
Katelylynn - Game design, Programming
Jackie Tran - Music
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The narrative and audio are the highlight of the game, had to lower the volume a bit cause I was a little spooked. Reading the opponent when they wanted a truce, but betrayed was super fun and funny to see. The gameplay is great, but wished there was more time to think so I could think of their previous patterns or make it so that the valve is turned when the turn is over. Won a close game of 5/4, but the ending was very abrupt. The main criticism is that the instructions are pretty hard to read, but the gameplay is easy enough to understand.