Jump!

About

For the development of this game, and aiming at our TCC. (We had to appeal) We used a theme from the Brazilian political scene, where you play as an Ex-President and need to move forward, dodging obstacles and picking up momentum on objects in the scene, this meme was chosen at the moment when there was news that one Ex-President was cleared of his crimes, and became a Trending Topic on Twitter.

A Sketch of the initial idea can be seen from the Figure below.

In this way, the player would go through cities in Brazil, giving the idea that he is doing political campaigns in all states in an attempt to win votes.

The Game

The general mechanics used in JUMP! were developed taking other games of the hyper-casual genre as a base. 

Such games (Blast Boy and Jetpack Jump) have a focus on the act of repetition of actions, simplicity as much possible, especially in the number of actions needed to play, and at the same time conveying the sense of progression to the player all the time.

In Jump! just one tap is necessary to accomplish everything the game has. 

We also added a possibility for the player to slow down time while holding the tap on the screen. In addition, there are also progression mechanics that are done by purchasing skill upgrades (jumping and time slowing) through the interface.

Just the mechanics >

Thematic Sketch

Final Prototype.