Welcome back. The year is 200X. Your mother has brought you to the Name Brand, Giraffe-themed Toy Store to pick up the newest Legend of Zorldo game for your Nibtebdo GameBit.

The poor minimum wage employees are doing their best to cope and fight off the hordes of unruly children and set-loose RC toys, and if you want to secure your copy of the game, you'll have to venture as far as you can into the games aisle to retrieve what is rightly yours!

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Release Day Rush!!! is a sidescrolling, go-the-distance game created by Isabel Gutierrez for the Respawn Game Jam Spring 2025 at Florida Polytechnic University. The jam started Thursday Feb. 20th at 9PM EST and ended on Sunday Feb. 23rd at 7 PM EST.

My classmates entries can be found here.

Main art and illustrations done by me, Isabel Gutierrez. Images, references, and texture packs used can be found in the bottom section.

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This game was a fun challenge for me, the expanded timeline doing little to help me as I had class, work, and family obligations all scheduled for the weekend. Considering all that, I think I did rather well!

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References, sources, and texture packs used:

References:

• Nintendo's GameBoy Advance and Legend of Zelda
• Fairy Doll
• RC Helicopter
• Barking Mechanical Dog
• Pogo Sticks

Sources:

• Game Aisle Image
• Linoleum Floor Image

Texture/Music/Sound Packs:

• Kenney UI and ImpactSound Packs
• 8-Bit Battle Music 2
• Pixel Keyboard Keys
• Super GameBoy Quest UI Pack