Shrimply Beautiful

Shrimply Beautiful

Made for the Step Up Your Dev Jam by cupo games

Theme: Helping

Subthemes: Animal, Art

##PLEASE READ BEFORE PLAYING##

Controls:

• Space: Switch between Human and Mantis Shrimp View
• J: Pick up paint/Paint canvas
• K: Dump paint
• L: Boost

Objective:

• Control Art the human and Mantis the mantis shrimp in order to fulfill the orders of art buyers!
• When in human view, you can move around freely, but you can’t interpret the colors that Mantis has placed in your art studio.
• While in mantis shrimp view, you can interpret the colors, but you can’t move around.
• Orders will appear at the top of the screen, with three colors presented in a sequential order from left to right. Fulfill the most recent order that appears.
• Go around to each bucket and pick up the appropriate paint. Once you have the three colors in the correct order, paint the canvas to submit the order!
• If you picked up the incorrect colors and/or an incorrect order of colors, you can dump the paint you have stored.
• The faster you work, the more points you’ll earn! If there are more than 5 orders or time runs out, the game is over!

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About

Control Art and Mantis in surviving the demands of the art world!

The mantis shrimp is an incredible creature whose characteristics inform the gameplay of this game! They are thought to have one of the most complex visual systems in the animal kingdom and can see many more colors than humans can. Furthermore, one species can use their appendages to “punch” their prey and crack their shells with the force of a .22 caliber bullet! These two features of the mantis shrimp led to the view switch and boost mechanics respectively. The “plot” is inspired by Ratatouille.

This was my first game jam and I had lots of fun making the game! Hope you have some fun playing it.

Credits

Mantis shrimp facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp

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