Hello everyone!
I am a Game Designer and Writer looking to build a volunteer hobby team to collaborate on a cozy yet creepy rogue-lite project called "The Great Pumpkin Maze."
The Game Concept:
You play as Pip, a massive, fluffy, cloud-like white ghost spirit trapped inside an endless, shifting pumpkin patch by an ancient evil known as The Great Pumpkin. Pip floats around with stubby little arms and wears various unlockable, stat-altering Halloween masks (like a Silly Skeleton or a Floppy Cat mask). The gameplay loop balances a cozy surface hub where you talk to friendly NPCs (like Agatha the Baking Witch and Barnaby the Scarecrow) with intense dungeon crawling through 31 layers of a maze. A real-time Midnight Clock ticks down on screen, forcing players to move fast before enemies get more aggressive.
What I Bring to the Table:
I have a fully completed 120-panel master document outlining every biome, enemy AI variant, economy scale, and narrative dialogue tree. I also have a fully written base prototype code engine in Python (PyGame) that already handles basic grid movements, clock countdowns, and enemy chasing states.
Who I'm Looking For:
Since I don't have Python running locally or external messaging apps, I want to manage our group project entirely on the cloud! I am looking for:
• A 2D Artist / Animator who loves Halloween aesthetics and can sketch out Pip and his masks.
• A Programmer who wants to take my Python code template and build it out (either in Python or a browser-friendly engine like Godot/Construct).
This is a pure hobby/passion project to build a quick, fun 1-layer playable demo! Please reply directly to this thread here on itch.io if you'd like to join the team and make something cool together!
Note: If you'd like to see the current working PyGame base script code, just ask in a reply below and I will drop it in right here!
Hey everyone! Just to clarify the visual style: I want the game to have a 2D top-down perspective (similar to a 3/4 top-down view like Enter the Gungeon or retro RPGs). This will give players a great view of the pumpkin maze layout and incoming enemy waves!