Reverse (Civil) Engineering

Made in 48 hours as a solo submission for the 2023 GMTK GameJam. The theme of the Jam is "Roles Reversed".

Civil Engineer Bobbert Bobbington has dedicated his life to building beautiful structures, but now The Suits^TM want to scale back the budget...

The only problem is, the buildings have already been built! There's only one solution...

In a startling ROLE REVERSAL, the creator must become the destroyer! "Adjust" the buildings with "Controlled" explosives to match the revised blueprints.

How to Play:

• Use your mouse to detonate parts of the building in front of you.
• Your goal is to make the building match the shape shown on the blueprint.
• You only have 3 charges, so use them wisely.
• Sections without support will fall - use this to your advantage.
• The clock is always ticking - if you don't successfully match a blueprint in time, it is game over.

About:

Puzzles are procedural generated and gradually ramp up in difficulty. Unfortunately, the difficulty balancing is not great, and many players are finding the game too easy - this will be addressed in the post-jam update.

If I had more time, I would have liked to add more buildings besides townhouses (think museums, glass office buildings, skyscrapers, etc), as well as general polish and, of course, difficulty balancing.

Credits:

All art and code was made by me, Tom, during the Jam: https://twitter.com/TomRagTag

Sound effects were sourced from ZapSplat: https://www.zapsplat.com/

Music was sourced from Incompetech: "The Builder" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/