Pool EMIT

Pool EMIT is a 2D platformer in which our protagonist Emit needs to solve puzzles with his future self.

Controls:

• WASD – move
• SPACE - jump
• Left Mouse Click - throw key
• SHIFT – rewind
• ESC - pause/level selection

Features & Rules:

Emit's ultimate purpose is to escape from the door in the scene, which is initially locked. In his round, he needs to contact the door.  

A key to a locked door, this is common sense. However, due to time limit, Emit couldn't grab the key and get to the door every time.

In this case, Future Emit comes to save the day. When Emit contacts the door (without the key) before times-up, Future Emit will be able to take action.

• Emit moves at present time (or say normal flow time). The bar will record the time Emit uses before he contacts the door.
•  Future Emit moves in reverse to normal flow time. As Future Emit moves, the bar progress will decline from the total time Emit consumes in his round.

Future Emit can move and rewind (press SHIFT) at any point in his round, as well as tossing the key (Left Mouse Click) to help Emit obtain the key on his way to the door.

Emit and Future Emit must not contact. You never know what could happen when you touch your future self。

Story:

Emit is a little seal that lives in the age of climate change. In order to find a better place to live in, Emit tries to explore the deeper sea for potential shelters. However, the harsh environment makes it difficult for him to overcome the challenges on his own.

As he lay dying, he sensed something unusual. His vision became blurry, but not from suffocation. When his senses recovered, he found himself holding the key he desperately tried to get in the past few hours. What just happened?

This didn't confuse him for long, because he saw a dark figure looking right back at himself. That figure looked torn and eroded, but one thing is for sure - this is him. This is the future Emit.

Emit couldn't imagine how dreadful the environment in the future is to make his future self so desperate. All he knows is that Future Emit will spare no effort to assist him. Emit has little idea about how Future Emit performs all those time-rewinding operations; it's almost like a fiction movie he'd seen. But it doesn't matter. Who says no to help and company?

Contribution:

Rorschach_z: Core Programming, System Design

Rounded Polygon: Programming, Level Design

oldzombie14: Level Design, System Design

 juannn: Level Design

xiaoxie33: Character Design, Gadget Design, Scene Art

ppppwuhu: Scene Art, UI Design

jolin-qianye: UI Design, Interface Art