Lash La Rue On Holiday featuring Juan the duck
Lash La Rue on Holiday is a game that was created for the Global Game Jam 09. It was created by a team made up of my sister Charlotte Woolley and her boyfriend Timothy Wayman as well as myself. This was my first venture into 48 hour game making and it opened up a new world to me. The Game Jam we attended was at the University of Wales, Newport and was the first of its kind done at the university.
Below is a press image that was produced for the submission, the main image was drawn by David Surman. The small photo in the image on the left hand side was drawn by Bill Kavanagh. Lash La Rue was a game where you had to work together with your friends (a squirrel and a duck) requiring you to use them to get past certain obstacles, deciding who would be best based on the animal's characteristics. After being the first game created by the team in such a time frame (and the first game created by one of the members) we were very happy with what we created, even though it was in quite an unfinished state. It made us realise how it's very wise to scope out if a game will actually be do-able in the time, also accommodating for if any members had to leave (as I had work) and to allow some sleep. It was a great experience which has now lead all of the team to take part in other 48 hour game making sessions.
You can download the game here
