Leaping Leprechaun

Instructions

Use the arrow keys to move left and right. Press down to bounce off a charm. Collect coins to buy upgrades.

Avoid the sneaky fairies that increase your weight and slow you down.

Controls

Move: AD, arrow keys, or a game controller.

Dive: S, down arrow key, or button-A.

Select: space bar or button-A

Gameplay

This game is a cross between Knightmare Tower and Vampire Survivors in a breakfast theme.

About the game

I worked on this game with my 2 kids (8 and 11). When I said the theme was "tiny creatures" my daughter instantly said "Leprechauns!". And of course my first thought after that was Lucky Charms. Yeah, well, there ya go.

I went all in on AI generation for this game. Most of the art was drawn by ChatGPT. The music was composed by Suno. Copilot wrote a surprising amount of code. I tried to get ChatGPT to design some of the game, but it's got nothing compared to the creativity of young children.

I used a custom game engine I’ve been tinkering with for the last few years. It’s C++ with emscripten for the web build.

I love the Extra format! It’s the only way I can make a game with everything in my life. I put in about the same amount of effort as a Jam game but spread over 2 weeks. For this LD, I put in about 20 hours.

Thanks for playing!