2024 Demo Day Finalist: Dragon & Valyx by The Plastics (Rio, Jillian, Dhyuthi, Nicole, Megan)

Dragon and Valyx by The Plastics (Rio, Jillian, Dhyuthi, Nicole, Megan)

The Plastics (Rio, Jillian, Dhyuthi, Nicole, Megan) designed and developed this game at the Girls Make Games 3-week summer camp. They are a finalist for GMG’s 2024 Demo Day competition, where the grand prize winners earn prizes sponsored by GMG's partners!  To learn more, visit www.girlsmakegames.com

Game Summary:

A little girl named Valyx meets a dragon on her adventure while trying to stop and evil Mikarious from destroying her world.

It's a 2.5D local co-op puzzle game!

Game Controls:

Valyx: joystick to walk, A to jump, B to interact

Dragon: joystick to walk, A to jump/glide (hold), B for fire breath

Game Story:

Valyx is a young girl who loves adventure, and Dragon is a dragon she met on her journey. Valyx's family is taken by the evil Mikarious, a human who wants all the power in the world. Valyx + Dragon adventure together to solve puzzles in their world to collect three magic crystals that can stop Mikarious. Jaquarious is Mikarious' former accomplice who is secretly helping Valyx on her journey.

Inspiration:

We are obsessed with adventure, dragons, fantasy, and evil people, and character redemption arcs!

We wanted a unique game, so we made our game multiplayer.

About the Creators:

We hyperfixate on many things and we love yapping (talking). We are very swag and love being creative (doing art and music and cool things). We are very stylish and have very cool style. 

How to download and play (Windows):

• Download the standard .zip file using the download link
• Extract the .zip file onto your PC
• Run the game file:  

How to download and play (Mac): Unreal games do not work very well on Mac due to heavy graphics. If you'd like to try playing on your Mac, follow the steps below:

• Download the Mac .zip file using the download link
• Open the downloaded .zip file in your Downloads folder
• Double Click: 

If an error saying "cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified" pops up. Perform the following...

• Click the "?" on the top right of the error window
• Under Protect your Mac from malware, click Open the general panel for me then unlock the preference panel to open Security & Privacy. 
• Close the error window using the cancel button. 
• Click Open Anyway under the Security & Privacy window.
• Enter your Mac username and password into the System Preferences window then click Modify settings, then Open.

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