Baby Smash!

Fact Sheet

• Availability: Digital Download via itch.io
• Release Date: August 10, 2018
• Platform: PC
• Price: Free
• Language: English
• ESRB: Not Yet Rated

Description

Baby Smash is a local multiplayer action/platforming game. In this game, two players must push down all of the items they can touch on the shelves as quickly as possible! PUSH THEM DOWN! Each player plays as an agile baby, capable of crawling, jumping, and using things like pillows, open fires and even a strange toilet to get to out-of-reach places. If either player succeeds in knocking down any of the game's objects to the floor, that player will be rewarded with points, which will contribute to that player's overall score. Both players can also scream to move several objects all at once, or shatter glass objects - at the cost of being stunned for 2 seconds. The player that gets the highest score at the end of the game's three levels wins.

Features

• 2-player Multiplayer
• 2D Platforming Action
• Push and Scream to Move Objects
• Funny Animations
• 8-bit Inspired Soundtrack

History

Baby Smash! was made over the course of a three-and-a-half day Game Jam, as part of Concordia’s Critical Hit Parallax. The topic of the Game Jam was “Your First Memory”, and the first thing come to the mind of Bug, the project’s chief game designer, was memory he had when he was about 3 years old of him pushing a glass cup off of the table. After discussing each member’s ideas, we decided to base our game around this memory.

We then brainstormed what the game would resemble and play like. We considered that whether it should be a single-player game or a multiplayer game (we went with the latter, whether it needed to be a 3D game or a 2D game (2D was more convenient), which engine to use (Unity!), and so on.

It took us every hour of the time we had to make this 3-level game, and implement all of the player’s abilities, such as moving left to right, jumping and screaming. We’re very pleased that we managed to implement different things for people to play with in all three levels, like a cat that can be awakened by screaming, and a magical pony which flies all about it’s level, influencing other objects. However, because of this, we didn’t have time to thoroughly playtest it; as a result, there are several bugs within it that did not get addressed.

Additional Links

• http://manequest.net/#dream-maker (this is where we obtained the magical pony)

The Developers

Alexander

Role: Sprite Artist, Secondary Game Designer
About: A video game maker and YouTube documentarian coming to you perpetually live from the Internet. His games strive to deliver entertaining experiences that  engage with and comment on communication, and the new technologies that facilitate it.

Arnold

Role: Programming
About: Student of UESTC in China, major in Electronic Engineering. Has learned C, C++, C# and Python. Has only used Unity for a few months. Loves Action games.

Arthur

Role: Sprite Artist, Animator
About: Arthur is a 24-year-old student, amateur historian and archer from China. He was major in management and he had enough of it. That’s why he started practicing his programming skills, because he wanted to create something – even it might be stupid. With this game, he thought he got a good start.

Bug

Role: Chief Game Designer, Level Designer
About: A college student who likes making games. He's previously made a board game, and several other, smaller video games. He's skilled at designing turn-based games, and loves Unity.

Mike Liu

Role: Music and Sound Effect Composer
About: Loves movies and games. He made music and sound effects for Baby Smash. This was first time making a game, and participating in a game jam. Tons of Fun!