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What is Round Em Up?
Round Em Up is a multiplayer game that I have been working on for one month now. Two players go head to head in race to collect and drop as many sheep as they can before the time runs out. The twist is that each player can annoy the other by either messing with their cameras or pushing them. These interference's happen when each player picks up a camera. When one player collects a camera, the other player's screen will be affected. There are a number of effects which can happen, these are:
Twirling the level
Looking at the level through a fishbowl
Blurring the level out
Blooming the colors in the level
Both players can also pick up timers which will add an extra 10 seconds to the time.
Art Style
The art style is straightforward and simplistic. I have a bright and simple colour system so that it feels more like a party game rather than just a sheep herding racing simulator.
Why?
I wanted to make a fun little game where players would gather around and enjoy racing against each other. It started off as a game jam project but at that time I only had the two players robbing each others sheep. I then went back to it a month ago and began to work on bringing more functionality, aesthetics and objectives into it.
Controls
Two Xbox controllers (recommended)
Xbox controls are displayed on the menu screen
Keyboard (optional)
player 1:
W, A, S, D to move
Space bar to push opponent
player 2:
Arrow keys to move
Return key to push opponent
I hope you enjoy the game!!
Let me know what you think! :)
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