Xip and Xander (Global Game Jam 2021)
If the HTML5 version lags, try downloading the executable version below.
Story
As a utility android at Xeal Labs called X.A.N.D.E.R. (Xeal Artificial, Neural, Directive Executing Robot), you and an AI called X.I.P. (Xeal Intelligent Personality) complete puzzles at Xeal labs to test out their products.
This is a puzzle platformer.
Theme
Created in 48 hours for Global Game Jam 2021. Theme: Lost And Found.
https://globalgamejam.org/2021/games/xip-and-xander-5
Your skills are lost and found during the level. You can find Cores in the levels, which contain data on a specific skill. When you Pick up a Core you will gain its unique ability. When you Drop a Core you will lose this ability.
Xip also has a lost and found motif in their story, you'll have to play to find out.
Controls
- Arrow keys: Move
- 1-5: Use skill
- Space: Pick up Core
- QWERT: Drop Core
- I: Restart Level
- P: (Jam version only) Skip level
Credits
All assets/code created after GGJ started
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Kira42 (Kiraroci) (Programming / Game Mechanics / VFX)
Twitter: @Kiraroci_
Itch.io: https://kiraroci.itch.io
Joey Kalitovic (Narrative / Dialogue / Story)
Twitter: @CorvidQuill
Ryan Steel (Sound Design)
Twitter: @ryandeansteel
Amorphous (Art)
Twitter: @_morphous
Webite: https://amorphic.space/
LFJ-Templar (Level design / Moral Support and Crusading Logistics)
Twitter: @LFJGames
Noa Beazley (Music)
Twitter: @NoaBeazley
Caitlin Burt (Voice acting (Xip / scientist))
Twitter: @caitlinburt
Status | Released |
Platforms | HTML5, Windows |
Rating | Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
Authors | Kira, caitlinburt, Corvid Quill—Joey Kalitovic |
Genre | Puzzle, Platformer |
Made with | GameMaker |
Tags | 2D, Global Game Jam, Puzzle-Platformer, Singleplayer |
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Development log
- Post-Jam Update: 2 weeks laterFeb 13, 2021
Comments
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This had a lot of fun ideas and made me think a few times! Definitely like the idea of using multiple core abilities to move around. Only complaint is that I wasn't always sure of which core I was activating lol