Build-A-Bro

Premise

Build-A-Bro is a metroidvania action-adventure game featuring the titular blobular Bro who collects power-ups in the form of limbs and other body parts. The game features a 2D in 3D perspective and has 4 unique areas to explore (Caves, Forest, Lab, and Volcano) and 1 boss (Zonko the Alien).

Starting Abilities

• Blob Form - Roll around and squeeze into tight spaces. Useful for evading flying enemies.
• Small Hop - 1 block high jump.

Abilities To Collect

• Eyes - Grants the ability to see your surroundings. Before acquiring these, the world is only outlined in black and white.
• Right Leg - Small hop becomes a 3 block high jump.
• Left Leg - Jump becomes 5 blocks high.
• Muscle Arm - Grants the ability to punch rocky obstacles.
• Robot Arm - Grants the ability to interact with mechanical doors.
• Cheeks - Grants the ability to perform a mid-air ground pound, which can destroy rocky obstacles.
• Gun - A projectile weapon that has unlimited ammo but overheats if used too frequently. Requires one arm to wield.
• Bigger Gun - A projectile weapon that has unlimited ammo but must be reloaded frequently. Requires two arms to wield.
• Boost Rocket - Grants the ability to double jump 3 blocks high.
• Harpoon Tongue - Grants the ability to latch on to glowing grapple points and swing across large distances.

Controls

• Left Stick +X or [D]: Move right
• Left Stick -X or [A]: Move left
• Bottom Face Button or [Space]: Jump/Boost Rocket (requires a jump upgrade)
• Right Face Button or [X]: Attack (requires right arm)
• Top Face Button or [F]: Interact/Grab (requires left arm)
• Left Face Button [B]: Ground Pound (while airborne, requires cheeks upgrade)
• Left Bumper: Toggle right-stick aiming
• Right Bumper or [Left Click]: Use equipped weapon/Harpoon Tongue (requires a weapon upgrade or Harpoon Tongue)
• D-pad Up or [Up Arrow]: Toggle equipped weapon (requires a weapon upgrade and at least one arm for guns)
• D-pad Left or [Left Arrow]: Cycle equipped weapon (requires a weapon upgrade and at least one arm for guns)
• D-pad Right or [Right Arrow]: Cycle equipped weapon (requires a weapon upgrade and at least one arm for guns)
• Left Stick Click or [C]: Toggle blob mode

Known Issues

• Eyes and tongue are not positioned correctly, tongue is invisible when swinging
• Elevators sometimes activate again right after stopping
• Existing save files are not automatically loaded when launching the game, you have to interact with a save point and load a save file
• The googly eyes aren't very googly :(

Closing Thoughts

Let us know what you think can be improved, and if you run into any issues! We plan to spend more time polishing up the game and fixing issues after the jam ends, so your feedback would be greatly appreciated.