Gino the Neutrino
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*Gino the Neutrino* is a 2D slideside educational game designed for kids, where the player controls a neutrino called Gino, a tiny subatomical particle, during his journey across the universe.
While traveling, the neutrino will meet other particles: their encounter will result in a "weak interaction", that will lead Gino to merge within them, creating a brand new particle, the W boson.
Gino's goal is to explore as much universe as possible without interacting with another particle and thus decaying.
Starting his journey from the Sun, will Gino be able to visit the wonderful planetes like Mercury, Venus, Earth, and explore the whole cosmos? It depends on *you*!
Gino is a solar neutrino, starting its journey to explore our Galaxy and the whole Universe from the Sun.
Gino, being a neutrino, has a natural tendency to oscillate in flavour! It can have electronic (green), muonic (yellow) or taunonic (red) flavour; if it hits one leptonic particle of the same flavour, it may end its journey in a big explosion, decaying into a new, fatter W boson!
You must help him avoiding the green, fluffy electron when Gino is green, the stylish yellow muon when Gino is yellow, and the punk red taun when Gino is red!
But Gino may encouter some mysterious new friends during its journey! What will they bring with them? Let's find out!
https://youtu.be/25ADyXtueHQ
- Play in browser: https://dark-power.itch.io/gino-the-neutrino
- Download page: https://dark-power.itch.io/gino-the-neutrino
- Source Code: https://github.com/DarkPower91/ldjam46
- Alessandro Bombini (@ifidamas): Programmer
- Alessio Bendoni (@dark-power): Lead Programmer
- Serena Barone (@cannocchiale): 2D artist
- Francesca Nesi (@franca): Game design
- Gilberto Gavazzi (@gillo90): Narrative design
- Francesco Baldini (@baldo91): Sound design
All 2D arts are original by Serena Barone (@cannocchiale).
Soundtracks from:
- Hazy - "Timeless" https://soundcloud.com/hazy_music/timeless
- Kubbi - "Cascade" https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/cascade
- Ifidamas (@ifidamas) - "Mon petit cochon" (original Audio); dedicated to our beloved friend, Valerio "Cacio".
Rearranged by Francesco Baldini (@baldo91)
Thanks yo everyone for your replies! Even if LDJam 46 is ended, we'll keep on improving this title since we'd really like to present this game to kids.
Your kind comments (and the constructive critics too!) are encouraging us to keep this little Ludum Dare project going, and now our goal is to present it during ScienzEstate, the annual summer event organized by the *Univerity of Florence* and *Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare*, dedicated to communication of science to everyone, especially kids.
So all suggestions are highly appreciated!
Moreover, we'd like to give you a sneak peek on what we are planning to do:
- Adding a save systems that will allow us to record the player best score and other stuff.
- Make the Dex collectible, so that you see the image and the description of the particles only after meeting the first time
- Add a section of the dex dedicated to Planets (also unlockable)
- Add UI element during game that shows all the planets in the solar system and keeps track of current Gino's position
- ...
23/04/2020
- Fixed issue with texture scrolling in webGL -> Added WebGL Build to itch.io
While traveling, the neutrino will meet other particles: their encounter will result in a "weak interaction", that will lead Gino to merge within them, creating a brand new particle, the W boson.
Gino's goal is to explore as much universe as possible without interacting with another particle and thus decaying.
Starting his journey from the Sun, will Gino be able to visit the wonderful planetes like Mercury, Venus, Earth, and explore the whole cosmos? It depends on *you*!
Screenshots
GamePlay
Gino is a solar neutrino, starting its journey to explore our Galaxy and the whole Universe from the Sun.
Gino, being a neutrino, has a natural tendency to oscillate in flavour! It can have electronic (green), muonic (yellow) or taunonic (red) flavour; if it hits one leptonic particle of the same flavour, it may end its journey in a big explosion, decaying into a new, fatter W boson!
You must help him avoiding the green, fluffy electron when Gino is green, the stylish yellow muon when Gino is yellow, and the punk red taun when Gino is red!
But Gino may encouter some mysterious new friends during its journey! What will they bring with them? Let's find out!
https://youtu.be/25ADyXtueHQ
Download Link
- Play in browser: https://dark-power.itch.io/gino-the-neutrino
- Download page: https://dark-power.itch.io/gino-the-neutrino
- Source Code: https://github.com/DarkPower91/ldjam46
Credits:
- Alessandro Bombini (@ifidamas): Programmer
- Alessio Bendoni (@dark-power): Lead Programmer
- Serena Barone (@cannocchiale): 2D artist
- Francesca Nesi (@franca): Game design
- Gilberto Gavazzi (@gillo90): Narrative design
- Francesco Baldini (@baldo91): Sound design
All 2D arts are original by Serena Barone (@cannocchiale).
Soundtracks from:
- Hazy - "Timeless" https://soundcloud.com/hazy_music/timeless
- Kubbi - "Cascade" https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/cascade
- Ifidamas (@ifidamas) - "Mon petit cochon" (original Audio); dedicated to our beloved friend, Valerio "Cacio".
Rearranged by Francesco Baldini (@baldo91)
Future:
Thanks yo everyone for your replies! Even if LDJam 46 is ended, we'll keep on improving this title since we'd really like to present this game to kids.
Your kind comments (and the constructive critics too!) are encouraging us to keep this little Ludum Dare project going, and now our goal is to present it during ScienzEstate, the annual summer event organized by the *Univerity of Florence* and *Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare*, dedicated to communication of science to everyone, especially kids.
So all suggestions are highly appreciated!
Moreover, we'd like to give you a sneak peek on what we are planning to do:
- Adding a save systems that will allow us to record the player best score and other stuff.
- Make the Dex collectible, so that you see the image and the description of the particles only after meeting the first time
- Add a section of the dex dedicated to Planets (also unlockable)
- Add UI element during game that shows all the planets in the solar system and keeps track of current Gino's position
- ...
Change Log
23/04/2020
- Fixed issue with texture scrolling in webGL -> Added WebGL Build to itch.io