README.md

Sacrifice

For Spooktober Jam 2021: https://itch.io/jam/spooktober-jam-2021

Choose to sacrifice abilities (dash, double jump, health) to gain attack power.

Castle of Cth??????

Credits

• Art:
  • 1-Bit Platformer Pack Some art by Kenney: https://opengameart.org/content/1-bit-platformer-pack
  • Haunted Graveyard Tileset by tamashihoshi: https://opengameart.org/content/haunted-graveyard-tileset
  • Electrical Disintegration Animation by superjoe: https://opengameart.org/content/electrical-disintegration-animation
• Music:
  • "Approaching the Tower" composed, mixed and mastered by Viktor Kraus: https://opengameart.org/content/approaching-the-tower
  • "Dark Reign" by Shype: https://opengameart.org/content/dark-reign-chiptune-stage-music
  • "Encounter" by shiru8bit: https://opengameart.org/content/8-bit-chiptune-encounter
  • "Boss Fight" by SubspaceAudio: https://opengameart.org/content/4-chiptunes-adventure
  • "Underground Storm" by axtoncrolley: https://opengameart.org/content/underground-storm-chiptune8-bit-influence
• Fonts:
  • PixelMix by Andrew Tyler: https://www.dafont.com/pixelmix.font
  • Alagard by Hewett Tsoi: https://www.dafont.com/alagard.font
  • Gothic Pixel by SparklyDest: https://www.dafont.com/gothic-pixel.font
  • Pixeled English by kajetan: https://www.dafont.com/pixeled-english.font
  • GhastlyPixe by Cyndi Ellis: https://www.dafont.com/ghastlypixe.font

TODO

• Attack
  • animation (player & attack)
  • power & knockback depends on sacrifices
    • test
  • different sounds for higher level attacks?
  • bigger AoE at higher levels?
• Sound
  • Music
    • Title
    • Altar room
    • Boss
    • Endings?
  • Player
    • Jump
    • Double jump
    • Dash
    • Land
    • Attack
    • Hurt
    • Die (in killed prefab)
  • Enemies
    • Hurt
    • Die
• Level design
  • Multiple scenes per level to act as checkpoints
  • Short ceilings so you can't jump over enemies
  • Attackable walls take multiple hits- can't just run past enemies since they'll get you from behind
  • Dash over spikes
  • 4 flying eyes room
  • Introduce demon as miniboss first
  • Opportunities to use saved abilities to skip enemy fights
  • Decorations- occasional eyes
• Altar
  • wiggling tentacles on ceiling
  • more activate effects
    • screen flash
    • particles
    • sound
  • show button prompt in dialog corner
  • write it
    • dependent on choices
• Tutorial
  • controls for keyboard/gamepad
• Enemies
  • faster+tougher flying eye?
  • one that shoots towards player?
  • big shambler? (can't jump over)
• Levels
  • Title
    • music:
  • Level 1: all abilities, minor combat
    • music: Approaching the Tower
  • Altar 1: choice to sacrifice dash
    • ambient music?
  • Level 2: dash or no, more combat
    • music: encounter
  • Altar 2: choice to sacrifice double jump
  • Level 3: dash or no, double jump or no, lots of combat
    • music: Juhani Junkala
  • Altar 3: choice to sacrifice hearts "vitality"
    • reload hearts GUI (test)
  • Level 4: dash or no, double jump or no, cross spikes (requires health), lots of combat
    • music: inarticulate
  • Altar 5: sacrifice everything for ultimate power
    • yes- world destroyed (bad ending)
    • no- fight eldritch guy
      • music: ?
      • realistic graphics?
      • tentacles
      • spawn enemies
      • no abilities sacrificed- climb up through spikes and banish him- good ending
      • some abilities sacrificed- fight him- banish him but you die (ok ending)