Media: Video Game

Genres: Golf, Puzzle, Casual

Status: Published

Start date: 3 Feb, 2023

Release date: 5 Feb, 2023

Platform: Windows, HTML5

Engine: GDevelop5

Root N' Shoot is a 2d golf game, that combines elements of mini golf and snake to create a chaotic golf experience. Your goal is to get the seed to the gem flinging it across the screen like a golf ball. But as the seed darts around it leaves a root trail behind it. Collide with the trail and you have to restart the level, and a stroke is added to your par.

Root N' Shoot was made for the 2023 Global Game Jam, the theme of which was roots. We took this literally and went with roots in nature, and used the framing of a game of golf as it was simple allowed for more creative liberties. From this we then decided to add the root system to make it different from your average golf game.

My role on the game was programming which entailed not just the coding of the game, but also integrating the UI designs and giving them function. For this project I decided to use GDevelop5, as my Unity skills where still underdeveloped, and for a game jam GDevelop5 offers easier ways to integrate physics calculations as it offers a drag and drop interface.