Tag: gmtk

What do you mean you don’t know who Bario is? BarioWare: Swap is my entry to the Game Makers Toolkit Game Jam for 2023. The theme was Roles Reversed.

The examples given for this theme in its announcement video were;

• Angry Birds where you build the towers instead of knocking them down
• Pong where you play as the ball instead of the paddle
• Tetris where you control the board/environment instead of the falling blocks

I applied the theme to WarioWare which became WarioWare but you’re in control of the microgames, now while a WarioWare game already exists where you make games (WarioWare DIY) I decided to make a game that instead has you modifying and setting up existing microgames to maximise your chances of defeating the player (The AI).

An example from the game includes a microgame where the AI is trying to pop balloons within 5 seconds, in this example you get 5 seconds to spread out the balloons as much as possible so the AI can’t click them all fast enough.

You can play the game for free on itch.io, if you’re also taking place in the GMTK Game Jam, why not give BarioWare a rating while the submission page is still open? Thanks

itch.io Page: https://tompouchergames.itch.io/barioware-swap

Submission/Rating Page: https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2023/rate/2155728