GTÅ: Grande Tacos Åmål

Objectives

Kill members of the Sombrero Cartell to loot taco ingredients. You'll win when you've gathered enough. But watch out! There's no way to heal, so you better take care. (Mostly since I didn't have time to implement a way to eat ingredients to heal. But it gave the game a rather nice harcore feel.)

Story 

Åmål, Sweden - 1998.

Åmål was once a peaceful small town where children played freely in the streets, and families slept soundly behind unlocked doors. But everything changed overnight when the infamous Sombrero Cartel swept in like a wild mariachi band, transforming the town into an inferno of sombreros and fear. The Mexican Sombrero Cartel had arrived. With jalapeño-scented cigars in their mouths and cars belching chili-colored smoke, they took control of the town faster than you could say "El Maco Grande."

Under the cartel's iron grip, Åmål turned into a lawless land where taco dinners went from being an everyday staple to an unattainable luxury. The prices of salsa and taco shells skyrocketed like an overheated burrito in a microwave. Desperate families traded their beloved Friday tacos for pea soup, while beleaguered fathers sold their last possessions—and sometimes the clothes off their backs—just to afford a handful of crumbled tortilla chips.

But hope lived on—in an over-mortgaged house on the outskirts of town. There lived Linda Losec, a single mother of twelve, whose courage and waistline far exceeded her intellect. Armed with her unyielding determination and a rusty Volvo, she took on the Sombrero Cartel's merciless taco monopoly. Not for her own sake, but for her children—so they could grow up in a world where taco seasoning belonged in the pantry, not in a bank vault. A world where Friday nights once again meant bean dip and guacamole—not ‘minute steak’ and ‘fries’ (whatever that even is).

Now, it’s up to you to help Linda in her battle against Pablo Tacobar and his sombrero-wearing thugs, and restore taco peace to Åmål.

Background

My contributions to FZ.se's yearly christmas game jam.

This year's theme was "luxury tacos", so my thought immediately went to the old school GTA games. Because what's more luxurious than hitting people with your car while looking for taco ingredients?

Hopefully someone will find it fun!

I'm most proud of the traffic system, with car's that drive around in random patterns between different traffic nodes. They even stop at red lights and try to stop whenever another character/car steps up in front of them.

AI?

Yes, the cover art and the victory screen has an AI renderered image. Everything else is (badly?) hand made.