Taijitu - Infinite Runner

Summary

This game is submitted as part of GMTK 2021 GameJam (Theme "Joined Together)

You play as 2 ninjas who are connected together by Rope Dart. Your task is to run through the night and kill as many raiders as possible and survive the night. Tighten the rope to give a blow to enemies but be aware, the rope can break and so your will! 

Controls

You have to use both hands and control 2 ninjas so that rope between them should not break. Destroy skeletons with help of your rope.

Light Ninja

Go Left	Left Arrow
Go Right	Right Arrow
Jump	Up Arrow
Ninja Run	Right Shift

Dark Ninja

Go Left	A
Go Right	D
Jump	W
Ninja Run	Left Shift

Game Information

Taijitu is a symbol of Chinese philosophy closely similar to Yin Yang. In this game you are two ninjas ( Dark and Light) working together to defeat the skeleton army destroying your town. This is an infinite runner game which can be played either single player or with couch co-op. The single player/couch-coop style was inspired by Morkredd which I loved playing with my wife. The two ninjas can be separately controlled, they can jump, speed up, go left and right. The attached rope mechanics behaves with the help of physics and has a property that it breaks at a certain tension. There are obstacles and enemy in the game and you have to avoid obstacle and maximize enemies killed. Game received mostly positive feedback with the caveat that more type of obstacles were needed and there were some easy hacks to win the game fast. I plan to polish this game to make it more competitive and push it to android and PC/Mac. Stay tuned for more updates.