AFLOME

In AFLOME – whatever floats your home, you play as a tiny boat in murky waters, hemmed in by fog and cliffs. Your task is to salvage drifting materials and outfit your boat with them.

Every choice carries weight. Anything you place shifts your balance— you might tilt, sway, or even capsize if you are not careful. As you navigate the waters, precision is key, colliding with the surrounding cliffs will cost you your progress.

As your boat grows, the world transforms with it. Garlands begin to drape across your structures, fireflies gather in the air, and glowing jellyfish rise from the depths to light up the sea. The fog lifts and the world is lit up by a warm, inviting sanctuary of your own making.

AFLOME focuses on playful construction and the delicate dance between growth and stability. It is a 3D experience revolving around building, balance, and atmosphere — relaxed in pace, but always with the potential for huge chaos.

Goal

In AFLOME, your goal is to collect and place as many drifting blocks as possible to design your own unique vessel and unlock a variety of visual effects and decorations. It is vital to maintain your balance by counter-steering, building symmetrically, and watching out for the surrounding cliffs. If you collide with them, your elements will break off!

🔊 Just a heads-up, the game has sound and is best played with controller! 🎮

Controls  Controller

• LEFT JOYSTICK: steer boat/ move blocks
• R1: turbo speed
  
• RIGHT JOYSTICK: move the camera
• RIGHT JOYSTICK click: camera reset
  
• B: motor on/off
• A:  place blocks
• L2: tilt boat to the left
  
• R2: tilt boat to the right
• D-PAD LEFT: take screenshot
  
• D-PAD RIGHT: reset run (hold)
• ESC: quit game immediately (keyboard needed)

Controls Keyboard & Mouse

• WASD: steer boat/ move blocks
• SHIFT: turbo speed
• CTRL: motor on/off
• SPACE: place blocks
• LEFT MOUSE: tilt boat to the left
• RIGHT MOUSE: tilt boat to the right
• MOVE MOUSE: move the camera
• MIDDLE MOUSE: click camera reset
• 3: take screenshot
• 1: reset run (hold)
• ESC: quit game immediately

Gameplay

Your boat drifts within a small bay, press the B button to start your motor for the first time and use the left joystick to steer.

The drifting, glowing objects can be picked up by steering into them. Once collected, an object can be moved over your boat with the left joystick and finally placed using the A button. The game enters slow motion during this process to ensure players have plenty of time to position their buildables!

If you build primarily on one side or collide with a rock, the boat's balance may shift drastically. This instability can be temporarily corrected using the L2 and R2 triggers, but the issue can only be truly fixed by placing more buildables to balance the weight.

The larger your boat becomes, the greater the challenge of keeping it from capsizing. However, you are rewarded with stunning visual effects for reaching size milestones, making your vessel even more visually stimulating!

About the Team

We are Team BLiMMM, a group of five Students at DE:HIVE - the Game Design program at HTW Berlin.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Prof. Susanne Brandhorst, Prof. Thomas Bremer, David Witzgall, Marlene Käseberg for their guidance and support in the development progress.

We would also like to thank our fellow students for all their feedback and help!