Storm Valley

Submission for the Brackeys Game Jam 2024.2

You are so lucky! A terrible storm is approaching and you have been tasked to save the town. Gather the required tools to open the floodgates and return safely to the shelter.

Good Luck!

I also made a video to document the progression:

Additional info:

The map is made of 20 location tiles formed as a 4x5 grid. Over time, the tiles get damaged by the storm in a random order (by drawing storm cards from the right pile). Your goal is to open the 4 floodgates and return to the Shelter tile.

The game loop:

1. Perform 3 Actions. An action can be:
   • Move to an adjacent (non-destroyed) tile by clicking the  icon.
   • Repair an adjacent damaged tile (including the tile where the player is) by clicking the  icon.
   • Open a floodgate by clicking the golden button which appears at the bottom right (or pressing the enter key). A floodgate can only be opened if the player stands on the floodgate tile and has 4 cards of the required tool type. Each gate requires a different tool which is shown on top of the floodgate tiles (so you don't need to guess). More on tool cards in section 2a.
   • Use the special Grappling Hook card by clicking on it (if this card is in your deck). More in section 2c.
   • Do nothing by clicking the skip button at the bottom right (or pressing the spacebar key).
2. Draw 2 Exploration cards (from the left pile). The cards can be:
   • A Tool card: There are 4 types of tools: Hammer (blue), Screwdriver (yellow), Saw (green), and Crowbar (red). The tool cards are added to the player's deck. Once you have 4 tool cards of the same type, you can open the corresponding floodgate when standing on it (Section 1c), and the 4 tool cards will move to the discard pile. There is no other use for the tool cards (so no need to collect a tool for a floodgate that was already opened).
   • A 'Storm Ahead' card: When this card is drawn, it immediately goes to the discard pile (on the left). Also, the discarded Storm cards are reshuffled back into the drawing pile (on the right), and the danger level, which affects the storm, is increased. More on the storm in section 3.
   • A special Grappling Hook card: Added to the player's deck and can be used as an action (Section 1d) by clicking on it. When used, it allows the player to move to any non-destroyed tile by clicking the  icon.

   

   After drawing 2 cards from the pile, you need to discard extra cards from your deck by clicking on them. (Maximum 7 cards allowed in the player deck)

3. Draw from the Storm deck: Storm cards are drawn from the pile to damage the tiles. Normal tiles become damaged (blue tint), and damaged tiles become destroyed (dark). You can repair damaged tiles and move on them normally, but destroyed tiles are OUT OF THE GAME and you can no longer interact with them. The number of damaged tiles is the floored value of the danger level (so for danger 2 and 2.5, two tiles will be damaged).

Losing Scenarios:

• A floodgate was destroyed before it was opened.
• The Shelter tile was destroyed before you finished the task.
• You are trapped (meaning all adjacent tiles are destroyed and you don't have a grappling hook in your deck).