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

• Some art by Kenney: https://opengameart.org/content/1-bit-platformer-pack

• "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

• "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

• Character
  • Attack
    • attacking damage sources shouldn't hurt player
    • power & knockback depends on sacrifices
  • Health
    • Player has 3 hearts, lose one for contacting enemy/spikes
    • Lose all hearts- respawn at checkpoint
  • disable abilities based on sacrifices
• Controller
  • persistent
  • keep track of sacrifices
• Camera
  • follow player on X axis only
  • screen shake
• Enemies
  • knockback on attacked
  • behaviors
    • skeleton- walk back and forth, turn around at edge of platform
    • flying eye- fly towards player
    • imp- walk towards player
    • demon- run towards player
    • ?- shoot towards player?
• Collectible gems
  • blink
  • show how many you got
• Collectible hearts
  • blink
  • drop from enemies
  • heal you
• Altar dialog
  • disable attack
  • fonts
  • write it
    • dependent on choices
  • jump up to touch sacrifice zone, or just walk under it to ignore
• 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: Stage 1
  • Altar 2: choice to sacrifice double jump
  • Level 3: dash or no, double jump or no, lots of combat
    • music:
  • Altar 3: choice to sacrifice hearts
  • 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)
• Art
  • Player
    • Attack
  • Levels
    • Decorations
      • Window
  • Enemies
    • guy who shoots bullets
  • Altar
• Sound
  • Music
    • Title
    • Level(s?)
    • Altar room
    • Boss
    • End?
  • Player
    • Jump
    • Double jump
    • Dash
    • Land
    • Attack
  • Enemies