Boiling Point

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  The first thing seen in the game.

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  The end of humanity; the losing screen.

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  The salvation of humanity; the win screen.

Inspiration

Listening to Dave Margulius talk about climate change this weekend, I wanted to connect climate change and space in my favorite medium (a game). Gameplay-wise, I was inspired by previous planet-hopping based minigames from old websites like notdoppler.com, and by a minigame in Pummel Party where you carry gold back to your truck but the more you carry, the slower you are.

What it does

Boiling Point is a 2D platformer with planet-based physics. It is runnable in HTML in the browser here: https://henree.itch.io/boiling-point

How we built it

Boiling Point was developed using Godot Engine v4.2.1.

Challenges we ran into

Main challenges were shifting concepts and changing teammates for the first half of the project.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The physics of planetary movement turned out great, and I was able to reuse existing assets in a creative way to make my own product.

What we learned

It's harder than we thought to make the game you see in your head. As long as it looks and feels good, it's worth making the prototype.

What's next for Boiling Point

Boiling Point could be expanded to have more planet types, more resources to collect, more hazards, and self-made art and audio.

Built With

• godot