Sustainable Village

Inspiration

I was inspired by the game Animal Crossing, as it features a calming ambience and friendly animal villagers!

We are introduced to Sustainable Village, with our main character, Oliver, who has just moved into this Village. We would be exploring the area, and finding out more about sustainability!

What it does

As a player, we will bring Oliver around Sustainable Village, meeting new friends and finding out tips on leading a sustainable lifestyle.

How we built it

This game was made using flutter, and the game map and collision maps were made using Tiled.

To get started, I mainly referred to this tutorial: https://www.kodeco.com/27407121-building-games-in-flutter-with-flame-getting-started.

Also, these YouTube channels helped me through this game development journey - Craig Oda and imperativelyfunctional!

The pixel arts were from itch.io! https://chariart.itch.io/witchkitty https://ivoryred.itch.io/ivoryreds-antique-furniture-pack https://limezu.itch.io/serenevillagerevamped https://minzinn.itch.io/pixelvehicles

Challenges we ran into

I am new to using Flutter and the process of game development, so it was a huge challenge to juggle both learning for the hackathon, as well as managing school work. However, it was a rewarding experience and I learnt to manage my time better!

One of the hardest challenges I faced while making the game was to make the dialogue boxes follow our character. We had to keep in mind the scaling of the screen and also offsets in positions as the character moves.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I am glad that I had fun through the process of game development, and it was a great de-stresser!

The accomplishments that I am proud of as that the Tiled map and collision map was integrated nicely into the gameplay, as well as ho my idea of the Village turned out.

What we learned

The main takeaway from this hackathon was the process of developing a game, from the ideation to its implementation and lastly the video making to publicise the game! It also allowed me to learn more about Flutter as an application development platform.

I was also introduced to using git through the hackathon, which would be useful for future coding projects.

What's next for Sustainable Village

I would like to add mini-games into Sustainable Village, which are initiated when we talk to our villager friends! Oliver can earn coins through these mini-games, and exchange those coins for more sustainable items that they could use in Sustainable Village.

Built With

• dart
• flame
• flutter