"MASKPOCALYPSE"

Maskpocalypse is a platformer made by Wyatt Guski and Tristen Simon at West Sound Tech for the 2025 AMES Game Jam.

THE STORY

At an unknown point in the future, a fleet of aliens have arrived at Earth to take over the planet, growing their empire. Humanity fought back hard and vigilantly for months, but they were unable to stop the threat. The aliens, known as masks, would latch onto their prey's face and leave them unconscious, allowing the masks to have complete control over their victim's brain. Most of humanity was reanimated by these masks, and some were turned into superhumans due to the powers that some of the masks had. Once a mask was latched onto a person's face, most people were unable to get them off, as sharp spikes hidden on their underside would stab into their skin, leaving most of those who were able to get them off with severe, permanent wounds.

However, there are few that are "immune," which allow them to easily take off the masks once on their face. You play as one of these few, and your goal is to try and stop the ongoing invasion, by any means necessary. Though, there are many people that have a bounty on your head, and will stop at nothing to take you down. Will you be the savior that the planet needs? Or will you become another shambling, mindless corpse?

ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT

Wyatt, Connor, and Tristen were paired up into a group for an assignment at their school, West Sound Tech, to compete in the 2025 AMES Game Jam. Tristen was put in charge of all of the art stuff-- like character design, music, modelling, and animation; and Wyatt was in charge of all the implementation-- such as coding and level design. They worked hard for the entire duration, and in a little over two months, this game was the final product. While it may seem like there's a lack of content, there are plans to finish the game at some point in the future.

LINKS

Musician's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2SHDj9oLf2wSn87V0UvvCA/