The Automaton

My submission for the 2023 University of Waterloo Game Dev Club's Game Jam, with the theme being "A Strange Machine".

Preoccupied with the creation of Lid Astray mere days prior, I started this project 4 hours before the 72 hour deadline. Despite the time crunch, I was still able to score second place in the "Best Use of Theme" category.

A throwback to my first Cellular Automata project years ago, your goal is to defend The Automaton, the source of your automatical power. Swarmed by a horde of bugs, you are gifted with a random Automaton to keep them at bay.