Crystal Guardian

Crystal Guardian
In Crystal Guardian you take the place of a goddess, charged with the honor of defending the powerful crystals.
The crystals are at risk with the arrival of an evil army: The humans
Story tells us that the humans have always been huge pricks. Its like they can't see something shiny,
they gotta blow the shit out of it can put a flag on the remains to claim it as theirs.
Teach these douchebags a lesson! Guard the crystals!
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How to play
Plant crystals to grow bigger crystals.
Pick those up to consume and replenish HP, or let them grow into a tower.
Towers use big crystals as ammo.
Each tower reduces the available planting area.

Controls
##### Keyboard:
- WASD to move
- Space to block
- J to attack or use
- K to switch between attack mode and plant mode
- L to consume a crystal for hp
##### Controler:
- Left analog to move
- Right trigger to block
- X to attack or pickup/use
- Square to switch between attack mode and plant mode
- Circle to consume crystal for hp
Credits
#### Programming:
Me - @GoncaloDev
Fred Sousa - @fredtsousa
#### Art:
Marco Vale - @MarcoValeKaz
#### Sound:
João Costa - @Dainomyte
Bonus
The model of the main character is available as a unity asset, for people who want to prototype it.Download Link: https://goo.gl/gfyQCk

Comments21

Zangold14 Aug 2018, 01:15
Really cool game congrats :D

Stephen Coley14 Aug 2018, 01:24
This was really fun and controlled nicely! The lowpoly looked good. Great work!
Yukki14 Aug 2018, 01:30
Kukuku, much fun! Props for music as well. Kudos
DarrenH14 Aug 2018, 01:56
Great game with cool art, animations, and music.
Really well done.
Really well done.
Katie Dover14 Aug 2018, 05:45
First off, I got a chuckle out of the credits page. Very cute portraits!
Overall, I think the game was really good! I'm really impressed with how fleshed out this game feels. I believe your base game is solid enough that if you guys wanted to, you could build out this game into something really cool and detailed. Awesome job!
Overall, I think the game was really good! I'm really impressed with how fleshed out this game feels. I believe your base game is solid enough that if you guys wanted to, you could build out this game into something really cool and detailed. Awesome job!
anacat14 Aug 2018, 11:43
Love the graphics, the music and the mood of the game!
As mentioned I was also able to give towers crystals even when I had 0 crystals left.
As mentioned I was also able to give towers crystals even when I had 0 crystals left.
MarcoValeKaz14 Aug 2018, 11:54
@adroitcocneptions and @anacat, its a bug we are aware of, we hope to fix it today, along with a few tunning. Thank you for the feedback!
Moxinilian14 Aug 2018, 12:21
It's really too bad that there is no way to change the controls, as some non-english keyboards are not QWERTY so playing it would have been really weird if I wasn't aware of how to change it. But the graphics are pro, and the concept while not extraordinarily original is quite fun to play. Good job!

Nattress14 Aug 2018, 12:23
really fun game, combat feels solid and lots of really nice mechanics. fits the theme nicely and in a unique way. Art style is really nice and even the menus suit the game nicely
MarcoValeKaz14 Aug 2018, 13:31
@moxinilian all I can suggest is trying a game controller if you can.
We sadly did not have the time to implement a different keyboard layout than our own. both Xbox and PS4 controllers should work, or similar.
We sadly did not have the time to implement a different keyboard layout than our own. both Xbox and PS4 controllers should work, or similar.
Bandygrass15 Aug 2018, 01:06
Ah, man, Marco, you guys really killed this! The combat feels so good and I'm blown away by how much visual polish this has.

Beard or Die15 Aug 2018, 03:54
Aw man, I ran out of space. Shucks. Great game. Quite impressed with what you were able to put together in the short time.
relampmarquin15 Aug 2018, 21:45
I love this style of gameplay, incredible quality for so little development time, congratulations!

tom718 Aug 2018, 22:20
Nice! I'm impressed with making that much 3d content in a weekend. Audio is good too.
I don't really understand why I died (maybe I should have read the instructions :)) but I planted a bunch of crystals and got 53 kills.
I don't really understand why I died (maybe I should have read the instructions :)) but I planted a bunch of crystals and got 53 kills.
Astralore18 Aug 2018, 22:26
Man, this feels like a game that I would have played in my childhood. And probably lost at a lot. Great job with the level of polish on this!!
MarcoValeKaz18 Aug 2018, 23:51
@tom7 If there is one thing I'd like to update on the game, would be have ingame indicators to help the player understand what's happening. Sadly, time was against us :)

paulhocker22 Aug 2018, 01:53
i was not sure what was going on but the game was pretty fun - thanks for making it
Noah J23 Aug 2018, 16:20
Super fun game ! really loved the aesthetic too, respect !
Noah J23 Aug 2018, 16:20
Super fun game ! really loved the aesthetic too, respect !

Joror25 Aug 2018, 19:57
Fun lil game! I like the graphics, got a nice cohesive look. The command for switching mode was a bit confusing at first, a double tap of K for planting would have been easier.
* found a bug were I can still give towers crystals even if I have 0
* the toggle between plant and combat was troublesome... kept switching to plant mode when I wanted to be attacking.