DICE OR DIE

     Dice or Die is a fast paced, speedrun-oriented puzzle game about Sentient Dice trying to escape highly complex Dice Cup interiors in the shortest time possible.

     Made in 48 hours for the GMTK Game Jam 2022, themed Roll of the Dice.

     In Dice or Die, your ultimate tool is optimization. In order to finish the levels quickly and reach the Score Goals, you will have to master the Dice Movement, use your quick reflexes, and, most importantly, figure out the most optimal route towards the finish line on every level.

Gameplay

     Alongside avoiding enemies and watching your step while near holes, you will also have to pay close attention to your movement. Scattered around every level, you will find Numbered Tiles. These special tiles hold the key to successfully reaching the Score Goals: if you land on a Numbered Tile with the correct Dice Face facing up, you will get the value of that number subtracted from your timer.

     So, in this example, when the player landed on a Number 6 Tile with 6 facing up, they got -6 seconds on their Total Time. Landing on all of these tiles is not required for finishing levels, but you will always need to land on some of them in order to reach a level's Score Goal!

     Reaching Score Goals is all about figuring out the perfect route that will allow you to land on as many Numbered Tiles as possible while also moving forward at a fast pace, with no unecessary detours. Not all Numbered Tiles are good for you, though: a lot of them are just placed there to throw you off of the optimal routes, so don't just go in and try to hit every single one of them blindly!

Customization

     Reaching Score Goals and completing other objectives will yield you rewards: every time you hit a Score Goal in a level or complete a specific task, you will unlock a brand new Dice Skin to use, equippable on the main menu. (in the Game Jam version, all Dice Skins are unlocked by default) 

Screen Tears Team

      

JustTheDani

Music / Sound Effects / Additional Art

LinkTree: linktr.ee/justthedani
itch.io: justthedanii.itch.io
Spotify: sptfy.com/KL5N

Luca Boechat Marcílio

Art / Game Design / Level Design

LinkTree: linktr.ee/lucaboechat
itch.io: boecharts.itch.io
Twitter: twitter.com/LucaBoechat

Mason Smart

Code / Game Design

LinkTree: linktr.ee/everyth1ngninja
itch.io: everyth1ngninja.itch.io

While this game was very fun to work on and had some potential, as of May 2023 we have decided to not update it any further. An 1.1 update was planned and in the works, but we ultimately felt it was not worth it and decided to work on other projects. The game as it stands now is incomplete, and the only functional levels are the ones we were able to work on during the jam. Just so not all of the work goes to waste, we wanted to showcase some of the new Dice Skins we had worked on for this cancelled update:

Keep an eye out for our next games! Cool things are coming!

Full soundtrack is now available on Spotify!