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Nice Games Jam: "Head in the Clouds"

Nice Games Jam: "Head in the Clouds"

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This week, your Nice Hosts have a new prompt from a new source. Lydia's husband, Ian, draws from a rainy source of inspiration and the Hosts are all-in. We brush up on the water cycle, requisition the equipment, practice our Trans-Atlantic accents, dunk on hot dogs, and puzzle over water-based cloud economies.Big Pharma - SteamLe Ballon Rouge - WikipediaWater Cycle - WikipediaLoop Hero - SteamHuman Resource Machine - SteamPromptto match the current weather - what goes on inside the clouds during a thunderstorm?Game typeDesign documentPlayer count1RulesYou control a cloud factory and manage what the cloud distributesMission-based, scenariosPlenty of fun fantasy optionsCondition optionsSunshineWaterStatic (use a balloon?)WindThe shape of your factory/cloudWater is your core resourceUse it to build the factory, use it to make the rain and complete tasks, use it to expandGain it from water vapor and such (water cycle)Your factory is also water, you can reuse itYou go through a campaignPick between a set of jobs each time, bigger jobs give more repIsometric viewLevel 1: rain on the hot dog cartHave the cloud rain over an area for a specific period of timeThe mission before you just needed to dump some waterThe player needs to collect water to have enough rain on the hot dog cartAutomation is the gameYou need to shape the cloud to fit all of the machines that you order from a catalogCatalog has a ton of options, with their own efficienciesLevel 2: rain on a hot dog festivalLevel ??: Flood the Nile

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