Overview

For the AI & Games Game Jam 2021 our Team created the game aligning with the Theme "Breaking The Rules". 

Unfortunatley, our AI and some other game bits broke 3 hours before deadline in a way we did not want it to break. We were able to patch it up, but had to disable the AI, so imagine the guards searching and hunting you when they see you. We will continue to work on the issue and update the game. 

Update: We fixed the AI! You can now experience the game the way it was meant to be :) There are still some things we want to clean up, like the Radio sound (it gets really annoying) and more feedback for the player on what to do, so we will update it again soon!


Hector is upset. the world just does not appreciate him the way he deserves! He will prove them wrong. Hector understands the world he is in, it's all zeros and ones. And he has a gadget to hack his world and change it. Help him finally showing all those dum dums who is the true Alpha! But be careful not to break anything....

Both the gameplay and the story play with the theme "Breaking the rules". Hector is breaking the rules on many levels: he breaks the law, he tries to jailbreak and he breaks the rules of his world, which is also reflected in the game mechanics.


How to play

Hector uses a gadget call Hacking Everything Console, short for H.E.C. with which he can change the settings of the world. His world consists of zeros and ones, true and false. You just need to swap those two words on his gadget by pull and drop function. Wrong means turning stuff off, true means turning stuff on. 

During the levels you will find Upgrades you can install to grant you more ways to break the game's rules, like walking through walls. Those upgrades are needed in order to progress. 

To directly interact with objects (opening & closing doors, picking up upgrades, breaking coffee mugs and plates to lure guards away) use the SPACE key. 

Movement keys are just commen aswd controls.


Controls summary: 

Movement >> aswd

Interaction >> SPACE 

Gadget display interaction >> mouse cursor with pull and drop


Team members and Contributions 

Jamie Fuchs: Programming and Unity Implementation

Matthias Niedertscheider: Level Design, Unity Implementation, Sounds

Beatrice Fuchs: Visuals and 2D Art, Animations, Sounds, Story and Writing


Patch Notes Version 0.2

  • Fixed Guard AI
  • Fixed bug where last H.E.C. upgrade did not trigger
  • Removed glitchy radio sounds
  • Added helpful texts to GUI


References

Code References

Unity Grid System: Youtube - Code Monkey, Grid System in Unity (Heatmap, Pathfinding, Building Area) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waEsGu--9P8&t=0s

Sound References

Music 

Light Gates:

  • Turn on
  • Shut down

Camera:

Gadget:

Guards:

Cafe Machine:

Player:

Lamps:

Light Switch On SFX Sound Effect, Attribution Notice By Nicole Marie T

Door:

Prison Bar Door

Security Door:

Radio:

TV

PC-Screen:

Code-Explosion:

Coded-Wall:


More information

Download

Download
HacknGo AI and Games Submission (May/June 21) 24 MB
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Hack'n'Go Version 0.1 (June 21) 8.3 MB

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