This was a project for the Level Up Circle May 2021 Game Jam. The theme was "Temperature is Key". Our team chose to make a puzzle platformer based on temperature and states of matter.

 

The main character Mercury wields a giant thermometer that she uses to interact with the environment and enemies in order to solve puzzles. On the left, there is a thermometer meter. In each level it starts at 0. Whenever Mercury defeats a hot enemy (such as the burner) the thermometer goes up by +1, and whenever she defeats a cold enemy (such as the flask) it goes down by -1. These hot/cold resources are then spent on interacting with the environment, such as by melting a block of ice, turning steam into a cloud platform, and by freezing a puddle. They can also be used on other objects such as by thawing a frozen fan, freezing a button to keep it held down, or changing the air temperature in a balloon so it descends or ascends.

 

I was responsible for most of the art, level design, and gameplay mechanic concepts. The game is playable, but unfortunately not all the mechanics were properly implemented in time. As such the uploaded version is a very barebones platformer.

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