BAIT

The Hunter has entered the lair of the Boss and his minions. Outmatched and outgunned, he stands no chance of defeating them. That is, without the help of Bait.

Bait is an action-adventure game where you'll need to use your dexterity and abilities to help the Hunter defeat the Boss. Without any attacks of your own, Bait must rely on her trusty trumpet, bag of flags and her rage- and love-inducing potions to distract, evade and support the Hunter.

All controls are shown in the Tutorial level.

This game was made by Nicholas Mitchell and Jared Nickerl for COLLAB JAM '25. Jared focused on the art side of things, while Nicholas focused on the programming. Our interpretation of the theme came from us both brainstorming a few ideas, and running with the idea that had the most merit and interest from both of us. To sell the theme of "you are not the main character", we decided that Bait shouldn't be able to attack or deal direct damage to the enemies, and that she needed to be physically smaller and more nimble than the main characters. This also helped us decide which abilities she would have access to and how each of them would interact with the different character types. The key words we used for Bait were 'evade', 'direct / distract' and 'support'.

We made the team after posting in the group discussion page and realising we were well suited to covering each others' weaker skills. As we were in different time zones, we were able to make decent progress while the other was busy, and take turns uploading updated game files for the other to come back to, together with providing text updates and screenshots etc over Discord.

Credits are included in the game main menu.

Team size count = 2