Vindicta: Siren of Riffs

This is my submission for Unity's May 2022 Create With Code Game Jam!

The theme of the game jam was 'Mermaids,' and so I decided to go with something a bit off the wall. You play as a siren that is getting revenge for having her voice taken by superstitious sailors. (Sirens are basically just evil mermaids, right?)

There are several mechanics that you can make use of in your rampage:

• Left click lets you perform an area of effect riff attack with your guitar
• The area of effect can be increased (greatly!) by collecting blue fish in the depths
• Red fish heal you for 1 HP when collected
• Left shift gives you a burst of speed that you can zoom around and vault out of the water with
• Try doing tricks by taking out pirates while leaping out of the water or diving back down into it!

I didn't have time to really put a win condition into the game, but the fact that you get to play a sunglasses-wearing, leather-jacket-clad siren who's going on a musically vengeful rampage is enough of a win, I think.

This was a challenging game to make, but I learned a lot while I was doing it! I finally learned the secret of keeping pixel games from looking all jittery! (It's the Interpolate option on Rigidbodies.)