Guardian of the Rite

by sawtan

co-authored: @bellivit, @emil-sunesson, @khorm, @catams

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.96

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.78

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.41

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.81

You are a lonely cultist protecting the rite to summon the great Unclean One to enter this realm. Sadly the forces of holy cleanliness is against you in this quest and will do all within their power to stop the rite.

Game Instructions

By fortune you are equipped with tools to slow their progress, use WASD to move around the altar and gain the best vantage point to shoot down the offenders of the Unclean One with the left mouse button.

Change thy arms with keys 1-3

1: The Unholy Magnum Opus

2: The Buckshot of Doom

3: Infernal bee

Gain favors unto the Dark One to upgrade your tools of Rite, and with 5 favors gained you will be able to complete the Rite and welcome the Unclean unto this realm.

The Upgrades

The Sword: This is your tool of deliverence, upgrade to gain stronger weapons to take down the armies of the holy see.

The Shield: Upgrade the bulwark of uncleanliness, gain a stronger fortress of darkness by this upgrade.

The Health: If your walls have been weakened by the forces of good, this upgrade will bring them back to their former glory!

The Foes

The forces of cleanliness

Priest: The priest is pretty much cannon fodder, shoot them down before they reach the outer sanctum.

Boom-Boom: Fast little buggers that goes boom when shot or when reaching the walls, best taken down quickly.

Cardinal: Infused with holy purpose these holy warriors can take quite a beating before going down. Treat with utmost violence!

Boss: When the boss-man appears you need to take care of business! He can take a whole lot of beating and will be a real threat to the Rite!

The Team

The beer infused crazies that made this Unholy mess a reality

:japanese_ogre: @khorm - Demonic-Procrastinator (Code)

:runner: @catams - Fitness-Dude (Code)

:bird: @bellivit - Bird-Whisperer (Sounds)

:beer: @emil-sunesson - Beer-Lord (Code and Sounds)

:beers: @sawtan - Keg-Slut (Graphics and Music)

The Tools

These are the unholy tools used to create the game

Engine: Unity

Graphics: Aseprite

Music: Ableton Live 9

Sound: Audacity

Code: Visual Studio

Tools: Aseprite, Audacity

Comments22

Rens Jan20 Apr 2020, 19:40

The setting of the game was really good. I was hoping that summoning the one would be a bit bigger then only a deathscreen.You really managed to fit in a lot of content in such a limited amount of time

curleysam20 Apr 2020, 19:45

Really liked the art with this one! I ended up cutting it pretty close as I didnt want to spend my favours but just about did it! Cool audio too 😊 Well done guys!

BGameDev20 Apr 2020, 19:46

Simple concept, but lot of fun. Weapons are nice balanced. Maybe there is a lack of some other features, but this is still a good game.

fakefrogsonly20 Apr 2020, 19:51

Cool game! The upgrades felt chunky and meaningful which made progression feel pretty compelling. The player movement was a little bit of a nuisance and the altar in the middle sometimes felt like it got in the way moreso than it did force you to make interesting trade-offs. Still a great game, would like to this expanded upon :)

doodlebrisk20 Apr 2020, 19:55

A lot more fun than I thought it would be. I couldn't quite pull out a win :O

Krebzor20 Apr 2020, 19:55

Hahaha dude I love the idea!! Damn priests, hahaha Please work on it more i liked the game a lot.
I dont know how to get more points to upgrade my weapons but overall I loved it.
Love the music!

Cjblobby20 Apr 2020, 19:58

Absolutely great game. Got to round 11 with only 1 favour spare. To improve it, I would suggest some indication of where the mouse is at, as it can be difficult to aim.

mneubrand20 Apr 2020, 20:19

Nice tower defense like game. The shotgun almost felt more satisfying than the machine gun after it. Needs an auto shotgun for best of both worlds :). Music and SFX are great too. Really set the mood

sawtanauthor21 Apr 2020, 17:23

@rens-jan Thanks! Yeah, I wanted to do a great summoning graphics thing, but time is as you say limited on these jams (and endurance for that matter) Glad you liked the setting!

@curleysam Thanx! Glad you enjoyed playing it!

@bgamedev Features would be nice for sure, we wanted to do ranged enemies, but time is a tricky bastard here ;)

@fakefrogsonly Thanks, yeah, the idea was simple, was a hard theme to get them imaginary juices flowing, so it came to being almost as a panic solution. :)

@doodlebrisk Great to hear! And no worries, you're welcome to try it out some more! ;) Anyway, thanks for taking the time to play it! Cheerz!

@krebzor Haha right!?!? Them pesky priests just causing problems! Thanks for all the love and we're happy to get such a nice comment! Cheerz!

@cjblobby Thanks, I guess the game failed to show you the crosshair? Should be there somewhere, Cheerz!

@mneubrand Ohhh, an auto-shotgun sounds absolutely delicious! Glad to hear that you enjoyed it! Cheerz!

BGameDev21 Apr 2020, 17:53

@sawtan That for sure. I also had to cut some features to finish game on time.

MantarayTV Games21 Apr 2020, 20:45

Simple concept, but very good execution! The pixel art is wonderful, and the controls are snappy and feel great. Solid entry right here!

HyperBabyDuck21 Apr 2020, 20:54

Really engaging and great execution! The art was great, especially the detail on the dead enemies and the upgrades were simple and very easy to incorporate into my strategy!

jefvel21 Apr 2020, 20:58

Very neat game! I played it through twice since I didn't realize favors were the upgrade points, so I spent them on health instead of saving them. I got a higher score that way though!

Great job on this. One thing is that the armor and health is sort of not needed until later levels. Maybe there should be a requirement to survive 10 waves before allowing the ritual?

https://i.imgur.com/ziVbIgN.png https://i.imgur.com/KH0ynkG.png

sawtanauthor21 Apr 2020, 21:07

@mantaraytv-games Thanks, glad you enjoyed the game and the pixels! :)

@hyperbabyduck Great to hear! Glad you enjoyed it!

@jefvel Nice shooting there mister! And we're overjoyed to hear that you gave it a double tap! Thanks for the kind words, and advice! Cheerz!

jefvel21 Apr 2020, 21:13

@sawtan NP! also, nice username

Forging Foxes21 Apr 2020, 21:27

A really nice foundation to build upon!

slimabob21 Apr 2020, 23:43

Love this! The audio and artwork are perfect. Warhammer reference with the Unclean One????

Definitely one of my favorite games so far. Managed to beat the game on wave 5 by not spending any favor (very difficult!) and then went back and played through buying the upgrades. Good job!

What does the audio say when played in reverse????

Emil Sunesson22 Apr 2020, 11:41

@slimabob Thanks for your feedback we where mostly inspired på lovecraftian influences, but i for one welcome the embrace of Grandfather and partake in his gifts.

The demonspeech says "In nomine Patris et Filii, Spiritus Sancti"

0x01F022 Apr 2020, 17:36

nice work as always :heart_eyes:

level: 18
score: 8330

I mostly bought health and guns upgrades, I think I upgraded the walls once :)

catams22 Apr 2020, 19:43

Thanks @0x01f0 and great job making it that far!

Yvanor25 Apr 2020, 17:37

I managed to make in 15 waves !
Pretty fun and good-looking game.

Good job !

joemid28 Apr 2020, 19:34

Awesome and challenging little game! I have yet to summon the unclean one, but I'll be back to try again! Love the accurate reticle- and the weapons feel right- I just need to get gud! Thanks so much for the moody little game!

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