World of Zoink

Submission for the GBA Jam 2024.

Controls:

(Keyboard controls for embedded web player in brackets)

• D-PAD (Arrow keys) - Move
• START (Enter) - Open inventory menu
• A (X) - Interact
• B (Z) - Cancel

Blurb

Trouble is afoot in the world of Zoink. An evil demon has kidnapped the princess, and it's up to you to save her. ...Or is it? ...And has he?

Zoink is a mind-bendingly satirical JRPG-puzzler that rewards curious players who can think outside the box. If something doesn't quite seem right... look closer.

P.S: It's impossible to 'fail' the game, or to run out of essential resources,  so players are encouraged to experiment with all possible actions open to them. If you think you've found a bug... you probably haven't.

Source code

Available at https://github.com/colonelsalt/zoink. Note that this is a stripped-down public-facing repository with all 3rd party assets removed.

Credits

Thanks to @hot_pengu and @exelotl for the embedded web emulator above, based on GBA.ninja by Simon Paris, ported from VBA-M by Forgotten.

Game was made from scratch in a custom C++ engine, using the following libraries:

• Libtonc
• Maxmod

All music by Beatscribe.

Where custom licence agreements were provided by 3rd-party asset creators, these have been included in the licences.zip file available below.

Some publicly available sound effects also by Beatscribe:

• Gameboy FX Hammer Sound Effects Pack
• Free Gameboy Jingles and Fanfares

Other sound effects:

• JD Sherbert - Pixel UI Sound Effects Pack

Graphics:

LimeZu:

• Modern exteriors
• Modern interiors
  • Various NPC sprites generated with LimeZu's Character Generator included in the above pack

Pita - WONDERDOT RPG Monster Pack

Nuaah - Present Box Animation

CreativeKind - Demon Mage

Fonts:

• Upheaval by Brian Kent
• IBM Logo by JD
• Alagard by Hewett Tsoi