Boccia Club

The Boccia Club

As the summer fades away, giving way to longer and chillier days, it becomes the perfect time to relish evenings spent playing a leisurely game of "Boccia", a modified version of bocce, at the Boccia Club. Use the W-A-S-D keys to navigate the newcomer Natalie across the grounds, and employ the SPACE key to engage in conversations with fellow club members or change the radio station (in the bottom right corner). Join Natalie on her journey of finding out what 'less is more' can mean in a Boccia Club and learn a bit about her fellow Boccia players - Rosalin, Thomas, Mint, Linda and Samuel - over the course of 5 days, but be warned, the matches will get harder as you progress through the game. You can skip dialogue by clicking into the window.

Added after the jam: You can also play against a friend in the local multiplayer mode, or try to play against a specific NPC in single match mode.

About

This game was created in three days for the Cozy Fall Jam 2023 with the theme 'less is more'. It is built with Godot 4.2 (Dev 6). The scripting and environmental design was done by us in the time of the jam, with the exception of the dialogue manager (see third party assets). Many of the assets use models from the Synty Studios, while others were created just for this game - the materials and textures are all made by us (again in the time of the jam). The music is a selection from OpenGameArt.org, the credits can be found down below.

Godot 4.2 (Dev 6) is the first version that supports shadows using the web player and it works great! Just a sidenote - I had to use a big spot light as sun, since a direct light broke the scene completely, haha. The textures used in this game are just noise textures created inside godot - a handy feature. It is also my first time trying out the Dialogue Manager - a marvelous tool - very easy to add to a project, but quite powerful.  If you are interested in some of the code behind the game (or the project in full - minus the polygon asset pack), I would love to share it with you - just send me a message.

Credits

SecretC - Story, Scripting, Environment
MinikinKay - Environment, Materials, Playtesting

Third Party Assets
Nathan Hoad - Dialogue Manager for Godot
Synty Studios (Humble POLYGON Game Dev Bundle) - Polygon Asset Pack

Music
Viktor Kraus - Blueberries
Zane Little Music - Apple Cidre
Michael Klier - Autumn Lullaby
Tarush Singhal - Small Town
KarateStudios - Bossa Town
VocalMix - Autumn Forest