Listen Here You Little Sh*t

This project is the result of my first time taking part in a game jam. Specifically, two fellow students and I took part in the Manasoup GameJam 2021 and managed to place fifth.

In Listen Here You Little Sh*t, you play out your grandfather's story as he bellows a hero's tale in which he slays a great monster. If you die during the attempt, that obviously no longer lines up with reality. After a brief scolding from your grandfather, you get reset to a few seconds before your death and the story continues.

The theme of the game jam: Once Upon a Time. The time frame was limited to 48 hours.

The idea behind the game concept was to implement a rewind effect that could recall the game state from the last ten seconds — a feature we as a team had wanted to build for a while. The time-based aspect and the narrative possibilities that come with it seemed, in our opinion, perfectly suited to the jam's theme.

Our goal as a team was to make everything in the game, including the sounds and music, ourselves within the 48 hours. Each team member also had a specific area of responsibility in which they wanted to improve or test their skills. In my case, I handled most of the pixel art. Specifically, I wanted to put more effort into animation this time and lean my style somewhat toward games like Zelda: Minish Cap. That was an ambitious goal for such a short time frame, but I'm happy with what I managed to accomplish in that time.