Reverse Abduction Simulator (2022)

View source on GitHub

Play in browser (sorry, this won't work in text mode!)

Screenshot of Reverse Abduction Simulator

How to play

Click the arrows to change the human's look.
Press the UFO to send them to Earth.
Do not send humans with alien traits (or dynamite)! They will blow up the others and lower your score!

This is my second original game! Using my own handmade C++ and OpenGL game engine supporting desktop, web, and mobile platforms, Reverse Abduction Simulator is a short game which puts the fun challenge of paying extra attention while letting people accross a border of "Papers, Please!" and combines it with the endless character customization possibilities of the Wii's "Mii Maker" into a frenzied rush to repopulate Earth before your alien boss gets back from his coffee break and notices you accidentally deleted all the humans.

We ranked 283^rd out of 6200 entries in the Presentation criterion of the 2022 GMTK Game Jam.

Tech Used

C++
Custom game engine
CMake
SDL2
Emscripten

Things Learned

Z-ordered 2D drawing
Deferred async tasks
Cutscene system (see the ending!)
Web integration with C++

My role

I wrote the game engine used in this game from scratch, and did the rest of the programming.
The art was done by my good friend Smudge, and the audio design and score is by my friend OrchidWolf.