Untested Waters

Global Game Jam 2017: There’s only one life raft aboard – and only one player can survive.

Untested Waters

A vicious battle of selfishness and survival.

There’s only one life raft aboard – and only one player can survive. Two best friends reside upon the boat – but after years of secret resentment and jealousy, it all comes to a head as they battle for their lives.

“Untested Waters” is a local two player controller game – one that is a vicious battle of selfishness and survival. The SS Gentle Richard has been afloat for many years – it has sailed the seven seas and plundered many a land.

The vessel even survived 2016 – but a curiously mathematical sea is calling for the mighty vessel’s demise. There’s only one life raft aboard – and only one player can survive.

Two best friends reside upon the boat – but after years of secret resentment and jealousy, it all comes to a head as they battle for their lives. Try and throw your best friend overboard as you battle a treacherous dynamic sea that will end one of your lives!


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Features

Local Co-Op

Grab two controllers and fight for your lives!

  • X – Punch/Push – hit your opponent
  • B – Charge/Boost – move faster temporarily
  • A – Jump – boing!
  • Left Analog Stick – Movement
Lost Library Card
A game jam diversifier – “All sound sources are recorded or synthesised during the jam”!
You're On A Boat
Generated waves cause the boat to bob about as two players try to stay afloat.


Development

The game uses 2D sprites and was made using Unity and Spriter Pro. All assets are our own.

The game was made by Vicky Potts and Adam Whiteside from Whitepot Studios, and Richard Gillen as part of Global Game Jam 2017 – for which the theme was, of course, waves.

You can read the whole development process over the weekend here: Blog: Global Game Jam – Untested Waters


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