Black Friday: The Last Stand

My team's entry to the GameDev.TV Game Jam 2024.

Shop 'til you drop!

CREDITS

• Jerry Davis (https://silverwindworkshop.itch.io/) - Director, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Software Engineer, Game Designer, Programmer
• Alec Straw (https://itch.io/alekstr) - Programmer
• Logan Allen (https://strider25.itch.io/) - Programmer
• Chelsea Davis (https://itch.io/profile/drolavellan) - Artist
• David Wilson (https://itch.io/profile/cytechflow) - Music and Sound Effects
• Lloyd Thomas - (https://triasho.itch.io/) - Game Designer

KNOWN BUGS

• (Fixed) Melee killing enemies sometimes soft-locks the game.
• (Fixed) Break Phase between waves sometimes skips.

OVERVIEW

It's the 1980's and you're an employee at Black Friday during one of the busiest shopping times of the year, Black Friday.

The customers are relentless in their search for a deal, but so are you. Your TV has been on the floor forever, perfect time 

to buy a TV stand. During your shift, you check the aisles for a TV stand and find one. Exactly one. Company policy states

you can't buy it until your shift ends, and if any customers get their hands on it before then, you'll be looking down at your

TV for another year. Not all is lost, you've got a plan. Company policy doesn't say you can't hold the stand, right? So you'll just

hold onto it until your shift ends. Easy, right? Not so fast, the customers have started to notice and are going to complain to the

manager. Get too many write-ups and you'll be fired!

You've got to take your last stand and defend The Last Stand.

GAMEPLAY

Black Friday: The Last Stand is a tower-defense game where customers move down aisles towards the managers office. If one reaches

the office, you'll get a write-up. If you get 5 write-ups and you're done. To prevent this, you've weaponized some of the store's

merchandise to attack customers in range (towers). As you defeat customers, you'll receive money to buy towers. Between waves of 

customers, you'll unlock a new tower, but be careful as it will also add 

another aisle for you to defend.

CONTROLS

• Attack:  Left Mouse Button (Can't attack in build mode)
• Turn Camera:  Mouse
• Move:  WASD
• Enter/Exit Build Mode:  Tab, Q, E, or F
• Select/Build Turret: Left Mouse Button or 1-6 while in Build Mode

TOWERS

• Toaster - Basic tower. Does decent damage at decent range.
• Game Console - Long range missile tower. Fires slowly, but deals high damage.
  
• Lawnmower - Short range melee tower. Deals high damage at close range.
• Cassette Player - Low-cost tower. Lower damage than the toaster, but fires faster.
• Microwave - Area-of-effect tower. Low damage, but deals damage in an area.
  
• Generator - Buffing tower. Does no damage, but boosts nearby towers' damage and fire rate by 25%.

ENEMIES

• Adult - Standard Black Friday shopper, perfectly average.
• Rollerskate Kid - These little punks are quick on their feet, thanks to those rollerskates. Can't take as many hits as an adult though. 
• Scooter Rider - The scooter they ride helps them shrug off damage at the cost of their speed.
• Dad - There's one in every power tool section, it's Dad! His hardy body prevents his movement from being altered.
• Mom - Trying to some last minute shopping done with her kids, it's Mom! Watch out for her toddlers when you defeat her.
• ??? - Keep an eye out for more prominent customers...

For the GameDev.tv Game Jam (May 24th 2024):

-https://itch.io/jam/gamedevtv-jam-2024