Eyes Front!
Nine students. One whistle. They cheat when you're not looking.
You're the exam proctor. Students cheat when unobserved --- but meet their eyes and they get back to writing their exam. Whistle during the act to score the bust on them. Whistle at an innocent thinker or after they've already spotted you staring --- and that's a strike on you. Three strikes and the principal fires you. Every cheat that slips past you costs you at the final bell, so being a scaredy proctor or a whistle-happy hunter score poorly.
Controls
- Arrows : move (moving also sets where you look)
- Z + arrow : turn in place without moving
- X : blow the whistle
Scoring
- Bust a student mid-cheat : +100
- Student finishes without ever cheating (you deterred them) : +50
- Every cheat that slips past you : −25 from your final score
- False whistle : strike (three and you're fired)
Credits
- Design, code, art: Bil Arikan
- Music: #5 ICE tune from 'Pico-8 Tunes Vol. 1' by Gruber
- lexaloffle Pico-8 BBS : https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=29008
- Sound effects made in PICO-8
- Built with PICO-8 : https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
- Made with AI assistance (Claude) for research, specification, and pair-programming
- Game design, play testing, gameplay and code tweaks/decisions were mine.
Comments
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Love it! Game was clear to understand and once I found out the optimal strategy it was super fun to test my reflexes and try and guess which student was going to cheat next. Great Job!
Thanks so much :)