Highbrow Hijinks was created during Global Game Jam '24 by an Ad-Hoc team of Six Strangers who met Through the Tucson Game Developers Discord.
The Goal of the game is to prevent the villain ("Jokeler") from throwing "Bombs" to the audience.
The Hero ("Huey Heckler") Travels along the bottom of the screen horizontally, catching junk items as the JokEler drops them from Above.
Allowing a Junk Item to Fall Past the Hero Results in a "Dad" Joke being told. If the player fails to catch three items, they lose.