Goose Chase

Goose Chase is a 2D, top-down, single-player game. You’re in an arrangement of equally sized rooms and running around somewhere is a goose, and it’s your job to find it without dying. Throughout the map, there are zombies (which can attack you, and be attacked by you); logs, which can be picked up and placed down to create walls, block entrances or provide shelter; food, which can be used to heal damage done by zombies; and other items to assist you in the game. With each level, the zombies get faster and better at finding you, and the goose gets faster and better at avoiding you. Eventually the game becomes so difficult that it’s “a wild goose chase”.

Have a look at the Controls section below, then try it out on tobyck.github.io/goose-chase.

Controls

Input	Action
WASD/Arrow keys	Move
Click	Attack/pick up item
Right click	Place item
Shift	Sneak
Q	Drop item
F	Switch hands
H (hold down)	Show hitboxes
Esc/P	Pause

Credits

• Skanne for the background music (licensed under CC-BY 3.0)
• OpenGameArt for the sound effects, specifically:
  • lamoot for the footstep sounds (licensed under CC-BY 3.0)
  • qubodup for the item handling sounds (licensed under CC-BY 3.0)
  • lokif for the 'action not allowed' sound (licensed under CC0 1.0)
• BexcellentGames for the inpiration for the character sprites
• The Slynyrd Blog for floor tile inspiration

Running Locally

To run this locally you can simply open index.html, but if you want to make changes to the code, follow the instructions below:

1. If you don't already have the code, clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/tobyck/goose-chase.git
2. Install Yarn if not already installed (this will require Node.js too)
3. Run yarn install to install dependencies
4. Use yarn build to make a minified bundle or yarn watch for live compilation.