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
- Short sighted- makes the enemy have difficulty seeing you, will likely not see you unless you're 1-3 spaces away
- Farsighted- enemy can see you from large distances (up to 10 steps away)
- Forgetful- As soon as the enemy doesn't see you, it quickly stops searching for you.
- Good Memory- Takes a while for the enemy to give up looking for you
- 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 |
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Comments
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This is an incredible game for a 10 day game jam. With so many different enemies and items it didn't feel like a 10 day game. Nice choice with the music and art, too.
Thank you for the compliment! Believe it or not, my original scope was actually much much bigger! But I dropped quite a bit when I realized how unrealistic it was.
I believe it I had to put all my ideas on separate boards and keep the main game loop on mine so I didn't get distracted by all the shiny things.
This was such an engrossing game. I managed to make it to 95 coins before I was eaten by a snake - I was so close!
I wasn't expecting such simple mechanics to work out in such an exciting way. I really liked the adrenaline system which allowed me to keep going right to the last moment. It genuinely got me excited to continue.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for playing my game, and again, thanks for the asset!