Global Game Jam 2017 Laugh Kingdom

I wrote this game for the 2017 Global Game Jam in 48 hours with a small team, including my two boys and nephew. Laugh Kingdom is a LAN network multiplayer game written in Unity using Unity networking.

Players are racing against each other to collect the most jokes and fill their joke meter. The king has a terrible temper, and the only thing that will cheer him up is the most notable type of WAVE ~ the sound wave. All his peasants must collect jokes and funny insults to compete to become his court jester. The losers will be fed to the lions.

Github

You can download the working code from this github repository …

https://github.com/worthingtonjg/laugh-kingdom

Youtube Video

Multiplayer data tracked on the server:

• Players: Name, Transform, Animation state
• Global state: winner Messages from the client to the server:
• NetworkTransform: automatically sends player transform to the server
• NetworkAnimator: sends the players animation state to the server (mechanim state)
• FoundLaugh: when a player finds a laugh that player’s laugh count is updated on the server
• CheckWin: when a player arrives at castle with all his laughs collected Messages from server to client:
• Every client gets transform and animation state for every player sent to it from the server
• OnLaughCountChanged - sent to every player on every client when their laugh count changes
• OnWinnerChanged - sent to every player on every client when a winner is set Things we aren’t syncing:
• Monster transform and animations - Each client has it’s own copy

Team Members

• Ryan Worthington - Jokes, Music, Ideas
• Adin Gates - Modeling (Remote)
• Nathan Worthington - Level Creation, Design, Modeling
• Jon Worthington (me) - Programming
• Jim Byer - Programming
• James Batchelor - Dialog and Storyline (Remote)

Free Unity Store Assets Used:

• Mountain Skybox: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/52251
• Stone and Brick Textures: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/25764
• Low Poly Rocks: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/43486
• Monsters: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/77703
• Animated Knight: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/24471
• King and Guards: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/18098
• Campfire Pack: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/11256
• Barrows and Wagons: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/33411
• Unity Network Lobby: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/41836

Gam Jam Site

Here is a link to our entry:

https://globalgamejam.org/2017/games/laugh-kingdom

And a link to other games submitted at our location:

https://globalgamejam.org/2017/jam-sites/ggj-igda-salt-lake-city/games