Mobius Gauntlet

Mobius Gauntlet is a game developed by MacAlmighty/MacIndie on youtube. 

In this game, you dodge or smash your way through oncoming obstacles on a 5 column wide grid. The grid advances towards you once every second, so you have to think quick, but also tactically! If you spam through the dialogue (which there isn't a lot) and don't die, you can finish this game in less than 5 minutes, but expect about a 7-10 minute playtime. 

Yes, the grid is supposed to look a little 'laggy'. 

CONTROLS:

A - Move left

D- Move right

W/S - Use Item (either works, whatever's comfier for your hand)

Shift - Cycle Item

Spacebar - Jump

You can see which item you're holding or what action you have 'queued' up by checking the UI at the top left of the screen in game.

Inspiration/Theming

The theme of the jam this year was 'Loop', and I really wanted to do something with tying knots, but found out that realtime physics would be really rough on web. Since I hadn't made anything for web before (let alone 3D really), that was my goal this year. 

After looking at some synonyms for loops, I stumbled across the mobius strip, and thought it might be on the rarer side for theming. Originally the idea was to have the player go through the same 3 levels but rotatate the camera to make it look like they're stuck on an unending mobius strip, but that was too disorientating during playtesting. I hope the idea behind looping through levels still comes through!

Attribution/Tools

Game Engine - Godot

3D Modeling - Mostly Blockbench, touches and image renders in Blender

UI Icons - Made in Aseprite

Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66 converted to MIDI and synthesis arrangement composed by TheOuterLinux https://theouterlinux.gitlab.io/

Other sound effects from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/

Oil 6 palette on lospec by GrafxKid: https://lospec.com/palette-list/oil-6
Models made in Blockbench with slight touchups in blender

UI sprites made in Aseprite 

Game engine: Godot