Maze Flyer (Linux Game Jam 2019)

Find and destroy all enemy sentry guns in randomly generated maze as fast as possible. Using six-degree-of-freedom controls in zero gravity.

This is my entry to Linux Game Jam 2019. My game Polychoron continues the work started here.

Controls:

Move left/right: Gamepad left stick X, keyboard A-D

Move forward/backward: Gamepad left stick Y, keyboard W-S

Move up/down: Gamepad Square/X-Cross/A, keyboard R-F

Yaw left/right: Gamepad right stick X, keyboard left-right

Pitch up/down: Gamepad right stick Y, keyboard up-down

Roll left/right: Gamepad L2-R2, keyboard Q-E

Shoot: Gamepad R1, keyboard space

Abort match: Esc

NOTE: A gamepad is definitely the best way to play the game, but it needs to be a good one. I tested PS3 controller and Logitech F310 gamepad and the hard-coded deadzones in the latter made accurate aiming really hard.

The making of

The game is made on Xubuntu Linux and using mostly open-source tools:

- Godot Engine 3.1
- Blender 2.80 beta
- Gimp 2.10
- Ocenaudio 3.6.1 (free, not open-source)

All sounds are CC0 sounds from freesound.org.

The source code for this game is available on GitHub.

I spent approximately 15-20 hours on this game project in total after starting from absolute scratch. I had to cut a lot of important stuff on my To Do -list to make the deadline:

• Mouse control  (added in post-jam update). 
• Acceleration to keyboard controls.
• Proper menus and completion/failure screens. 
• Full-screen mode and resolution switching. 
• High-score tables.
• A lot of eye candy (for example particle effects and SSAO).