Chirag Midha - Lucky Shot

Lucky Shot

Lucky Shot is Game Jam Project for GMTK Game Jam 2022, developed in 48 hours. The theme of the Jam was "Role of the Dice". Lucky Shot is a top-down shooter with 3 enemy types and 6 weapons. Every 10 seconds a dice is rolled between 1-6 and the weapon is changed. The player has to adjust to the weapon on the fly and try to make a highscore.

Lucky Shot was Ranked 353 in Enjoyment among 6117 submissions.

Link to Game Jam Submission - https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-jam-2022/rate/1622740

I designed 3 different enemies and 6 weapons of Lucky Shot. While play-testing I realized that all weapons are not balanced and they can be easily spammed. So I implemented a cool-down bar (shown on the top left of the image) to prevent spamming, and also adjust the rate of depletion based on the effectiveness of the weapon.

I also implemented a difficulty curve with time. The speed of enemies and their spawn rate increases with time at a decreasing rate to slow down the difficulty increase as time goes on.

I also implemented lifetimes of enemies to prevent from overcrowding.