Bloob?

What’s a bloob? It’s a blob made of jelly. A bloob can have bloobs inside of itself.

Game design notes

The list below is copy paste from my notes. I just wanted to make it public. I’ll definitely refine it as I start making the video game.

• Jelly plattformer.
• Bloob starts with 1 bloob. Tutorial to learn how to use it.
  • Jump or dash (any direction) uses bloob.
  • Bloob regenerate over time spent on ground.
  • Find 1 more bloob to learn jump & dash.
    • Or jump jump dash, or dash jump dash, or jump jump dash jump dash.
  • I’ll see how many bloobs I need to make the game fun and interesting.
  • All bloobs required to find all the secrets.
• Get to end of level.
  • Level has multiple endings?
  • Level checkpoints.
  • Get key to door.
    • Door can have multiple locks, each lock requires a key.
• Travel?
• Screen move from map to map. Locked camera.
• Bloob dies from environment.
  • Hazards: spike (jelly don’t like), hole (maybe secret, probably respawn).
  • Modifier: ice (fast, slippery), sand (slow, sinking).
• No enemies.
• No text.
• No score, only time.
• Easter eggs.
• Secrets: palettes, music?
• Bosses? Maybe not, maybe just fun levels.

Next steps

Get a playable prototype going in PICO-8. I have no idea how PICO-8 works, so I’ll be learning as I go. I’ll start with the basics, and then add more features and mechanics as I go.

• Make sprites for bloob and dungeon. Keep it simple, just rectangles for now.
• Make test map.
• Make bloob move, jump, and dash.
• Make inside bloob mechanic. Start with 1, add more later.
• Make hazard (spike) that respawn bloob.

Then I’ll build the game world and levels. Maybe some sort of overworld map? Maybe not. I’ll see how it goes.