¡Jack'A'Chamba!
Wake up Jackie, you have to work!
You’re a kitten with multiple jobs where you do everything you can to make ends meet, pay the rent, cover your expenses, and fund your education to improve your skills. But be careful, when you learn something new, you forget something old!
The game was created for LAGS JAM 2026, under the theme “Jack of all trades, master of none.”
Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Platform: PC
Role: Lead game designer and developer
Team: Javier Enrique Cots Vignieri (game design and music), Damián Francisco Mieres Meza (concept artist), Estefany Freites Guerrero (2D artist), Gabriel Ferrer Colina (3D artist).
My contribution to the project
Lead game designer
- Coordinated the team, assigning tasks to each member
- Co-created and directed the design of the levels and mechanics.
- Directed and supported the art team to achieve the desired look and feel of the game.
Programmer
- Programmed and implemented all the systems required, such as character movement, interactions, menus and more.
- Integrated all assets in Unreal Engine while prioritizing optimization for a lightweight project.
Postmortem of the project
What went well
- The players enjoyed our game!
- We received over 40 positive reviews at the Jam, with the highest being 60.
What went wrong
- After playtesting, we received valuable feedback indicating that the task icons were not clearly associated with the workstations, which caused confusion among players
What I learned
- I learned that I can make games in Unreal Engine!