Mikas Forest
“Mika’s Forest is a puzzle game created for Mini Ludum Dare #69 where you try to flip all the tiles in a level as other creatures attempt to flip them back.”
Project page: https://xytheria.itch.io/mikas-forest
Mika’s Forest was featured in this article and this video by Jupiter Hadley!
Mika’s Forest was the first game I developed solo, and hopefully the last. I created the music, pixel art, narrative and programming for this game, and had to rush to meet the 2 week jam deadline.
The premise was to combine two game mechanics I liked from other games: using “pets” to take out enemies from afar and trying to “cover” all of a level to win like Splatoon or Bomberman. This was also my first foray into tile generation, which I still have a fondness for.
I learned a lot working on this, namely that two weeks is far too short to test out a puzzle game and that solo development is rough. While I did enjoy working on the various parts, I like being able to sink time into a specific area and split work as needed.