One of my favourite projects at Renderspace was this sequel to the ill-fated Papilonija game. Papibirint was done entirely in Flash 6 and its concept, design and gameplay was defined clearly from the start. It was also the project where Matevž as a designer, Marko as web programmer and I as Flash developer really hit it off as a team.
The objective was to make a fun and cute game that would also be somewhat educational. Based on Pac-Man, it’s a top-view maze game, where you have to collect coins and avoid traffic and bullies that steal your money. Since you can only carry around so much money, it’s necessary to deposit it at the cash machines regularly. That way, your money is also protected from the bullies, who can only steal what’s in your pockets. The pink piggy-bank carries bonus points if you answer a random question that tests your knowledge about banking. This has proven to be an effective way to motivate children to read through Papi’s website. When you have enough money at the bank, you can enter the store and buy the bike you’ve always wanted.
The game has 3 different environments, each with a different set of parameters. There’s the sunny environment, the night environment, where the visibility is low, but the bullies walk slower, and the winter room, where the visibility is high, but the ground is slippery.
For this game, I also created a level editor that exported a custom 2D map of codes and other information such as trajectories, character speed, friction, etc., which was then parsed by the game engine to dynamically draw the environment and characters.