Kaiju Curry Smash! (System Era Winter '23 Game Jam)
Beauty Shot

Beauty Shot

Progression of the game level from Day 1 to Day 4

Progression of the game level from Day 1 to Day 4

Had a lot of fun with Chaos Destruction!

Had a lot of fun with Chaos Destruction!

Had a lot of fun with Chaos Destruction!

Kaiju Model 1st pass

Kaiju Model 1st pass

Kaiju Model Final Pass

Kaiju Model Final Pass

We won the 'People's Choice' Award! And were the runner-up for 'Best of Show' and 'Out of the Box'

We won the 'People's Choice' Award! And were the runner-up for 'Best of Show' and 'Out of the Box'

Kaiju Curry Smash! (System Era Winter '23 Game Jam)

Had the chance to participate in System Era's bi-annual game jam that happens in both Winter and Summer! This Winter one was my first one and was a ton of fun. It's a chance for anyone in the studio to get together and produce a game in 4 days. It's a good time to get out of your comfort zone, learn new skills, try different disciplines and push our creativity as a studio!

Along with my teammates on 'Team Scope Creep', we produced Kaiju Curry Smash:
You are a Kaiju living in the Pacific Ocean and you hear from your friends about the BEST CURRY SHOP EVER in Yokohama Bay. Unfortunately you suffer from a mutation which changes your attributes with inconvenient outcomes. Your goal is to get from the bay to the curry shop while evading capture from the Anti-Kaiju Defense Force.

Documented most of the experience here: https://twitter.com/jobyek/status/1612573136041676801?s=20

Our team was:

Jobye Karmaker (Character Art/Breakables Creation & Scripting/Game Camera Tilt-Shift Setup/Anim Sound Notifies/Env Lighting/Character Rig Lighting)

Veronica Peshterianu (Team Lead - Menu UIs/Sounds/Trailer)

Ant Coleman (Design/Programming/Scripting)

Matt Olch (Modeling/Texturing/Animation/Rigging/VFX)

Colin Pyle (Programming/Scripting)


To get a head start with our limited time, we used these two art asset packs that we modified as needed:

Japanese Anime City Low Poly: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/japanese-anime-city-lowpoly

Cartoon Water Shader: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/cartoon-water-shader-lite