What is Monkey Business?

Scale a corporate office run entirely by monkeys as a gorilla in this vertical puzzle platformer to take down the corrupt C.E.O. (Chimp Executive Officer) and claim the coveted banana vault waiting at the top of the building! Pick up and throw various objects around you to solve puzzles and launch yourself across the room! Race to the top as fast as possible and make sure not to break anything...

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​This was an in-class project at Bradley University during the first semester of my freshman year. Our task was to "make a 2D platformer," and I think this project more than hits that mark. It was a lot of fun making the physics objects work properly, as well as the animations and design of the characters. I pretty much spent the 2nd month of the project working on the C.E.O. boss fight, integrating multiple phases and intuitive mechanics, which was a whole lot of work. 

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Overall, this game was an introduction to how professional game development worked, with schedules and milestones, stuff I had never really encountered til then, and I really learned a lot from it. And I ended up making a pretty good game as well! If you like any sort of speedrunable 2D platformers, I recommend you give this one a try!