Party Devil's not a bad guy; he's just looking for a good time! To pre-game is to get the party started before the party's even started; one of PD's specialties. In this rock n' roll-inspired javascript game, the player clicks on certain objects to gain points and up the festive spirit.
Read on to learn more about the project, or play the game here (not Safari-friendly).
This first-semester project was our first proper introduction to JavaScript and CSS animations. We learned a variety of new concepts, inculding if-statements, classList and eventListener, iterating, and activity diagrams. We were required to create all visual and audio elements ourselves, which was a challenge I found very enjoyable.
I wanted to create a game that was visually appealing and hopefully a bit humorous. I designed the characters in an exaggeratedly 'cute' style to underline the light-heartedness I was trying to convey.
In the course of this project, I discovered that I really enjoyed animating through code, and found I was deeply fascinated with the creative and expressive potentials of animation on the web, both within and beyond the context of a game.
The game as a whole was very much inspired from my own background coming of age in the punk and metal music scenes, and I wanted to take the opportunity to create a soundtrack that reflected that. All of the sound effects are recorded on guitar, as well as the background music itself. Soundtrack below: