🐒 Mischief Monkey

Mischief Monkey is a colorful 2D platformer created for the GameDev.tv Halloween Jam 2026, based on the theme “Uninvited.”

The game was primarily designed and developed by Mark711, age 11, with assistance from his dad, bushkanaka86.

This is Mark711’s first game jam and one of his first complete Unity projects.

🍌 The Story

Monkey just wants someone to play with.

Unfortunately, the elephants are bathing, the giraffes are eating, and the crocodiles are trying to relax — and none of them are particularly happy about an unexpected visitor!

Travel through the jungle, collect bananas, overcome each animal’s challenges, and help Monkey continue his search for someone who actually wants him around.

Will he finally find somewhere he is invited?

🎮 Controls

A / D — Move
Space — Jump / Double Jump
Esc — Pause

Collect as many bananas as you can along the way!

📖 Story Mode

We also included a Story Mode specifically for the Game Jam.

Story Mode lets you watch the full comic-book story without having to complete every platforming level. We wanted judges and other players to be able to see how Monkey’s adventure ends even if they do not have time to play through the entire game.

For the full experience, choose the normal Play mode!

👨‍💻 Development

Primary Developer & Designer:
Mark711 — age 11

Development Assistance, Programming Help & Project Support:
bushkanaka86 — Dad

Made together in Unity for the GameDev.tv Halloween Jam 2026.

🎨 Artwork

Original character artwork, comic artwork, backgrounds, UI artwork, and other custom visuals were created with AI assistance using OpenAI / ChatGPT, based on creative direction from Mark711 and bushkanaka86.

Additional environment and game assets were used from GameDev.tv Unity course materials where applicable.

🎵 Music

Music by Kevin MacLeod — incompetech.com

• “Zanzibar”
• “Bumba Crossing”
• “Royal Banana”

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

🔊 Sound Effects

Sound effects include:

• “Ough!” / Baby Elephant — via Pixabay
• “Elephant Triumph Sound Effect No Copyright” — via Pixabay
• “Elephant Trumpeting” — DRAGON-STUDIO, via Pixabay
• Banana collection sound
• Super Banana collection sound
• Boss hit sound
• UI button click sound

The final four sound effects above were sourced by Mark711. We are currently confirming their original creator/source information and will update this attribution after submission.

🔤 Font

Bangers
Designed by Vernon Adams
Licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1

❤️ Thanks for playing!

We hope you enjoy helping Monkey find somewhere he finally belongs.