'Slinging Slimes' is a game jam game made for the University of Staffordshire Freashers Jam 2023 and was developed under the theme 'Connect'. This game also marks my first ever game jam.

In this game, as the player slime, you must find the little slimes around the level in order to connect with them, giving you increased jump height as well as increasing your size. Use this newfound jumping capability to reach new heights and to climb to the top of the mountain, where the Queen Slime awaits, where you will connect with the Queen Slime, completing your goal.

The game is a simple 2D platformer, with graphics being primarily 2D sprite-based, but instead of being on a 2D plane, it's on a 3D one, giving the game a 2.5D game aesthetic.

Size Growth

The mechanic this game was built upon was connecting with other slimes throughout the map in order to grow in size, which would have other effects on your movement, such as increasing jump height and movement speed, allowing the player to reach areas they couldn't previously.