Seconds Behind

Entry for GoedWare Game Jam Cutscene Edition 2.

You can test the real-time rendering by pressing WASD or arrows.

The story

An object was detected on a path toward Earth. It was labeled an asteroid, and the situation was treated as a problem already solved before it was truly understood. A massive laser was build to destroy the threat and save humanity.

When the planetary laser was fired, the world cheered...but the truth arrived a few moments later: The asteroids surface opened, and the beam was reflected back toward Earth. Humanity started a war because of a 5 second delay.

Not all of humanity died. But that day marked the moment the species learned how costly it is to be even a few seconds behind.

The project

I tried my best in voice-acting and used sounds and music from https://pixabay.com, while I edited everything to a final track using audacity. Art was prepared by myself using inkscape. Everything was prepared during the Jam, while it took ~15 hours to complete the project.

Whole project was created in Godot with one single scene and a bunch of animations. I provide the project file as well (Downloadable .zip, Seconds Behind)

Once start was clicked, the scene takes 89 seconds and will return to the start menu eventually.

To my beautiful husband and son.