Space Junk Janitor Simulator 2022
The year is 2222. You play as a robot designed to collect space junk with your nifty mechanical claw. Go out into the unknown and attempt to clean up the mess some humans left. Navigate through twisting levels, collect trash, and obliterate yourself when the job is done.
Platform: PC (2022)
Jackson Klein: Level Designer, Documentation, Sound Design
Level Designers: Robert Niewodowski, Sasha Tschernisch
Designers: Dillon Landry, Sasha Tschernisch
Artists: Leah Nelson
Programmers: Lucia Hughes
Project Description:
We wanted to create a mechanical game, similar to the likes to QWOP and CLOP. Primarily, we sought to create a game you could play with a standard Arcade Fight Stick. We wanted to use the fantasy of being a sort of drone pilot, enhanced by using a control with tons of buttons to control the retractable claw.
Originally, my idea for the Alternative Control project (we needed to use something other than a standard keyboard or controller) was a 2D Mech Battling game, where each player uses a fight stick to control their robot and all of their abilities. This narrowed down from a multiplayer game into a singleplayer game, from then we decided to give the game a more somber feel.
In my time being a Level Designer on the project, I wanted each of our levels to have a different minor theme. I designed mine to look like the player is venturing through a large cavern, Bob’s wanted to use the Tractor Beam we had, and Sasha wanted to use the Gravity Trails.
Here is the original VDD Draft for the "Space Junk Collector Simulator"game. Originally, the game contained a Trash Meter, but we decided to keep this aspect of the game stricty visual to reduce the amount of screen clutter. Instead, the JunkBot will slowly fill up with garbage you must dispose of while playing.
Here's my layout for my Level, originally Level 2, but changed to Level 1 due to its complexity vs the other levels. It features the player blowing open the entrance with a nearby bomb, then taking trips in, out, and around the cave to get all of the space junk scraps.
