Control is an Illusion

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A game made for GMTK Game Jam 2020, made entirely by me. The theme was "Out of Control". It's a 3D first-person game where you must enter a colour sequence displayed on a screen into several control panels spread across each level. However, every several seconds, you temporarily lose control of your character. When this happens, the character will quickly run around to random control panels and enter a random colour. You must enter the correct sequence and escape before the timer ends.

It was my first game, so I was still very much learening. The audio and visuals were pretty basic, but I thought the game went okay. I had planned for there to be a bit more strategy, e.g. trapping yourself just before losing control so the character could not reach a control panel and mess it up, but I dind't really end up having time to figure out a good way of designing levels around that. The reception of this game wasn't great, as people often found the loss of control frustrating, but I thought it was a nice idea and could have been fun if developed further.

Overall, I learned a lot from this being my first game jam entry, and it encouraged me to enter many more game jams in the future.

Fun fact: The main gameplay mechanic in this game was loosely inspired by an episode of Mr. Robot. (s3e6)