1 Bit Descent

Made for the GameDev.tv "Last Stand" gamejam.

Controls:

Can be played with a gamepad, keyboard, or mouse and keyboard

WASD/ Arrow keys/directional pad for controller: movement

Z/E/Enter/South button (A on Xbox controller): presses the button on screen

Space/Start on gamepad: pauses the game so you can see what treasures you've found.

T/Left or Right Shoulder button on gamepad: will toggle the flavor text if the toggle icon is visible (in the pause menu.)

ESC/Right stick pressed: opens and closes the exit game menu

Credits:

Kenny.nl-spritesheets

https://www.kenney.nl/assets/1-bit-pack

Kitchen Sink font by polyducks

https://polyducks.itch.io/kitchen-sink-textmode-font

Mega Retro Sound Effect Bundle by pneuma-studios

https://pneuma-studios.itch.io/mega-retro-sound-effect-bundle

Artist name: Abstraction

https://tallbeard.itch.io/three-red-hearts-prepare-to-dev

Guide:

Survival:

If you drop to 0 hp, you will be on your "last stand." You will endure the blow and win the fight, but if you take 1 more damage, you will die. To get out of last stand, get to a healing heart.

Combat is determined through a roll in autobattle.

items: 

• Gold coins grant 1 gold
• Stacks and sacks of gold grant 2-6 gold
• Chests of gold grant 4-8 gold, but are rare
• A diamond is worth 20 gold! only 1 can spawn every level and only if a treasure has not spawned 
• A heart can heal 1 damage

Treasures:

A treasure will give you a permanent buff for the remainder of the run. The first treasure to spawn will always be the magic map.

Enemies:

You can be flanked by multiple enemies, which will add the amount of damage you will sustain on an ambush.

Enemies have traits, item drops, and damage rolls

1. Short sighted- makes the enemy have difficulty seeing you, will likely not see you unless you're 1-3 spaces away
2. Farsighted- enemy can see you from large distances (up to 10 steps away)
3. Forgetful- As soon as the enemy doesn't see you, it quickly stops searching for you.
4. Good Memory- Takes a while for the enemy to give up looking for you
5. Advantage- The advantaged party will have a reroll and automatically pick the ideal roll.

Early floors-0-2

Enemy Name	Damage	Drops	Special
Slime	0-1	Heart	Short Sighted Forgetful Disadvantage Can be found on all levels 50% chance they will spawn in large swarms
Goblin	0-1	Coin
Ghost	0-1	None	Can move through objects and walls Farsighted

Middle floors-3-6

Enemy Name	Damage	Drops	Special
Skeleton	0-3	Stack of coins	Forgetful Disadvantage
Snake	0-2	Coin	Forgetful Advantage
Thug	1-1	Stack of Coins	Good Memory Advantage Farsighted

Later Floors

These floors can be considered postgame challenges or be found if you've neglected coins most of the game, will start at floor 7.

Enemy Name	Damage	Drops	Special
Demon	2-3	Chest	Good memory
Ogre	1-4	Chest	Forgetful Disadvantage Farsighted
Summoner	0-0	Chest	When the battle begins, will summon 2 random other monsters to the fight The enemies will be weaker compared to their natural counterparts and have their minimum damage set to 0 Will spawn in isolation
Invisible Stalker	1-2	Stack of Coins	Cannot be seen by the player Advantage