Maxime Weets
Game Designer
Second place at Microsoft imagine cup france 2014
The game
Khoomii is a 2D musical runner for 2 players on the same tablet about Mongolian shamanism and traditionnal song : the Khoomii.
Each player controls a spirit : the first leads the way to the second, creating the trail and the particular sound of the Khoomii's voice. The first player must go through portal to earn points.
The second one glides on the trail and can momentarily jump on it. Both players have to collect wisdom (collectibles) that are creating the game melody.
Khoomii is also about coopetition (between cooperation and competition) : each player earns points separately.
Each time a player collects wisdom, he plays the song of the melody : if he fails, the game plays a wrong note.
The level design has been created in order the players can feel the flow of the music going through collectibles and portals.
So music is very important in Khoomii, and the khoomii is particular, feel free to listen to a song we made to know more about Khoomii's mood.
Challenges
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funny gameplay based on a traditionnal culture
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musical levels creation : The challenge of the rythm
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imagine cup was my first video game competition