The Bigger Picture

Made over 48 hours during the AIE Adelaide Game Jam 2019 (Keyword - Magnification).

You play as a detective, your next case is to investigate the untimely demise of Mr Barrows. You must piece together information and perhaps discover the bigger picture. Your greatest gadget is your pairs of magic glasses that can magnify physical objects. Smart use of these will help you in your investigation. (Download provided below)

Concept

The Bigger Picture was a collaborative effort made by a team comprising of various disciplines and year levels from Adelaide AIE. The core idea was to create a short narrative experience with a central and well defined mechanic. Meeting the term 'Magnification' we chose to include a pair of glasses the player character could wear that would increase the size of a particular object in the environment. This would then be used to solve puzzles that would in turn unlock more pairs of glasses. We mostly achieved this with 3 core puzzles and 1 final puzzle designed to encompass the use of all pairs of collected glasses. However lighting, graphical and performance issues were apparent in the final build achieved for the Game Jam. Despite this the team enjoyed the jam and learnt alot working with the various students from AIE.

Controls

Use WASD keys to move around

Tap left click to pick up objects and open doors
Hold right click to rotate objects
Press E to pick up glasses
Use either the 1, 2, 3 or 4 keys to switch between pairs of glasses (each pair of glasses will magnify a different object)

Team

This team was comprised of both 1st and 2nd year students from AIE Adelaide 2019.

Lead Programmer - Kaleb Ryan

Programmer - Caleb Appleby

Programmer - Blake Morrison

Lead Designer - Max Winzar

Designer - Zain Collins

Lead Artist - Charlie Ferwerda

Artist - Toby Saunders

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