Tough Kookie

"Best Student Game" Award Shortlist - Grads in Games Awards 2021

Game of the Year - The Rookies 2021 Console & PC Finalists

Draft Selection - The Rookies 2021 Entry

Disco meets kung-fu movies!

Play as Tessa Kirby, a.k.a. Tough Kookie, a groovy martial arts action movie stuntwoman/director of the ’70s, aspiring to become the biggest action movie superstar of her time.

Tough Kookie is a third-person beat'em up game with a twist, set in a fantasized version of the movie-making industry of the '70s.

Shoot the most spectacular fight scenes, while managing the scenes’ camera placement to fulfill your goal.

What you'll play is a prototype that features 3 levels/contracts, plus the movie studio, for a total playtime of about 20 minutes. After completing the final contract, you can replay the others.

Useful Info & Controls

/!\ You need a very good machine to run Tough Kookie properly. It's possible that you may encounter some issues during your session, but if you are blocked, restarting the game fixes everything (well, except the quality of the game). /!\ 

The game plays only with a gamepad. The controls are explained and displayed in an in-game tutorial. The controls during the camera placement phase are displayed at all times. Here's the list of the fighting part controls as a reminder:

• LEFT STICK: Move Around
• RIGHT STICK: Look Around
• X: Attack
  
• Y: Attack Variation
• RB: Parry
• RB + LEFT STICK direction: Dodge
  
• A: Take/Push Object
• B: Throw Object
  
• Press LEFT & RIGHT STICK: Enter Super Mode (if arm glowing)
• START: Open Moves Recap & Pause Game

Credits

TOUGH KOOKIE is a student graduation project, developed in a year, by 8 students from Rubika Supinfogame, France. The game was made with Unreal Engine 4.

Huge kudos to the development team:

• Louis Celeyron, Head Programmer & Tools Programmer
  
• Adrien Côté-Yang-Ting, Head Designer & Combat Designer
  
• Loup Druet, Producer & Vision Owner
  
• Corinne Fenoglio, Character Artist
  
• Julie Jeanvoine, 3D Animator
  
• Tristan Ledieu, Technical Game Designer & Composer
  
• Eric Leduc, Gameplay Programmer
  
• Laura Nadal, Head Artist & Environment Artist

We'd also like to especially thank our additional helpers:

• Nicolas Ceriani, VFX Artist
• Emilie Reineke & Léo Boudouin, Writers
  
• BPF Records, Sound Design
  
• SimplyUndrea, Voice Acting for Tessa Kirby
  
• Jim Cador, Trailer's Narrator
  
• Paul Hannecart, UI Artist
  
• Boris Dauvergne, Prop Artist
• Our dear families and friends, the best <3

+ Our Twitter: @ToughKookieGame

+ A nice article from Alpha Beta Gamer