Community Service

"Reset Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself"

This is our submission for the GMTKJam 2023. The theme was "Roles Reversedl". This game was made in 48 hours.  In "Community Service", players take the role of the nameless  young delinquent who is determined to redeem himself and make better choices for his life. Rather than engaging in classic beat 'em up style action, players will partake in mini games that involve performing altruistic acts such as helping others, making healthy choices, and cleaning up their environment.  The game offers unique use of classic traditional beat 'em up mechanics by allowing players to enact positive change through selfless acts within its vibrant world.

Please enjoy :)

*ESC will skip the cutscene for new runs*

How to Play:

• Dont let your frustration meter fill up!
• Over time you get more frustrated, getting attacked by thugs can raise it too
• Do good deeds to lower your frustration
• Get your reputation meter as high as you can!
• Doing bad things will make your reputation fall
• Do good deeds to raise your reputation

Thats you, the toughest thug in Takanaka High

The love of your life, I think she said she wanted to talk?

These thugs want your lunch money, and your reputation! Avoid at all costs!

A local citizen, he needs your help tenderizing his meat...

just a citizen minding his own dang business.

Black Hole Collective:

Nick (Programming/Design): Twitter | Instagram

John (Art/Design): Twitter | Instagram | Portfolio 

Gus (Art/Animation): Twitter | Instagram  | Portfolio 

Ellie (Art/Illustration): Instagram | Portfolio 

Octavio (Music/Sound Design): Instagram

Things we planned, but just didn't make the time limit:

• Wider variety of mini games
• More visual indicators for mini games
• NPC celebration animations
• Indicators above heads of interactable NPCs
• Unique NPC sprites
• Ability to KO NPCs with one hit
• More elements in world
• More rooms to go between
• Non mini game ways to help people (knocking someone out of the way of a moving car)
• Lots more!

The 48 hour constraint means we have to be pragmatic about what we are giving our time. We feel like we were able to create the core of our idea and plan on working more in the future to flesh out the concept and game play.