Prophet
This game is from ldjam.com, which is currently unavailable.
You can try viewing the original page on Web Archive (may not load correctly).
You can try viewing the original page on Web Archive (may not load correctly).
[Compo game] ------ Keep the Prophet alive until it reaches it's goal, and upgrade it to overcome the ungodly! ------
The Earth became an abandoned place after the raid of the ungodly. Finally, you decided to take a step to cleanse the lands, and brought to life the giant machine, the Prophet, your greatest achievement to date. The Prophet can only follow one action: "Eliminate!".
Your objective is to keep the Prophet alive until it reaches the end of the track. The little running enemies are trying to stop the robot by leaking it's fuel tank. There is an indicator in the corner for you, to track how much fuel is currently in the machine. You can slow down enemies by pressing E near them.
You are controlling this little guy (due to his size, you can easily lose track of him, if you are not careful, so look out). There are two kinds of collectibles: gear (toolboxes) and fuel (flasks), scattered around the map, which you can carry and give to the robot (be right under it). You can upgrade the robot by collecting enough gears.
* Controls: *
- WASD - Movement
- E - Interract
- F - Open upgrade manual
Is your robot not strong enough? Let's power them up! The upgrade manual is the where you can use all your collected gears, and upgrade the Prophet with new features or power ups.
*How does it work: *
- There are 5 types of main features (columns) and 3 upgrade types (rows).
- You can start upgrading each part on the first row.
- Then for the second upgrade (yellow section), you can choose which type you want to unlock (A or B).
- You can switch between the two secondary upgrades later, if you want.
You can find a *complete Upgrade Guide* with every features and stats here or on the Itch.io page.
___
- You can nullify an enemy's movement speed - [Not intentional, but found this useful during testing, so not a priority]
- Rear gun a bit buggy - [3rd upgrade is working properly though]
*Fixed 1.2:*
- *Phrophet navigation - [Missing some checkpoints]*
*Fixed 1.3: *
- *Clicking the same upgrades multiple times could bring points to minus*
- *Crushers wasn't working properly*
- *Head 2nd/A upgrade effect timing was off a bit*
*Fixed 1.4 (web version):*
- *Losing/Winning screens were not playing properly*
- *Rear gun fixed somewhat - [this was a headache, and still not perfect, but better than it was]*
Honestly, I still don't know how I managed to finish this in time (besides some bugs and missing effects), it was a ton of work. I definitely had a fun time making it though, so I hope you will like it. Because of the lack of time at the end, I couldn't playtest it properly, so I made 3 difficulty levels to compensate it somehow.
#### Extreme difficulty walkthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK6AY587hEw
📌 Story
The Earth became an abandoned place after the raid of the ungodly. Finally, you decided to take a step to cleanse the lands, and brought to life the giant machine, the Prophet, your greatest achievement to date. The Prophet can only follow one action: "Eliminate!".
📌 What you need to know
Your objective is to keep the Prophet alive until it reaches the end of the track. The little running enemies are trying to stop the robot by leaking it's fuel tank. There is an indicator in the corner for you, to track how much fuel is currently in the machine. You can slow down enemies by pressing E near them.
You are controlling this little guy (due to his size, you can easily lose track of him, if you are not careful, so look out). There are two kinds of collectibles: gear (toolboxes) and fuel (flasks), scattered around the map, which you can carry and give to the robot (be right under it). You can upgrade the robot by collecting enough gears.
* Controls: *
- WASD - Movement
- E - Interract
- F - Open upgrade manual
📌 Upgrade Manual
Is your robot not strong enough? Let's power them up! The upgrade manual is the where you can use all your collected gears, and upgrade the Prophet with new features or power ups.
*How does it work: *
- There are 5 types of main features (columns) and 3 upgrade types (rows).
- You can start upgrading each part on the first row.
- Then for the second upgrade (yellow section), you can choose which type you want to unlock (A or B).
- You can switch between the two secondary upgrades later, if you want.
You can find a *complete Upgrade Guide* with every features and stats here or on the Itch.io page.
___
📌 Bugs to look out for
- Player can stuck outside of playing field - [I recommend not to stay close to the borders (that are moving with the camera), until it's fixed]- You can nullify an enemy's movement speed - [Not intentional, but found this useful during testing, so not a priority]
- Rear gun a bit buggy - [3rd upgrade is working properly though]
*Fixed 1.2:*
- *Phrophet navigation - [Missing some checkpoints]*
*Fixed 1.3: *
- *Clicking the same upgrades multiple times could bring points to minus*
- *Crushers wasn't working properly*
- *Head 2nd/A upgrade effect timing was off a bit*
*Fixed 1.4 (web version):*
- *Losing/Winning screens were not playing properly*
- *Rear gun fixed somewhat - [this was a headache, and still not perfect, but better than it was]*
📌 Dev notes
Honestly, I still don't know how I managed to finish this in time (besides some bugs and missing effects), it was a ton of work. I definitely had a fun time making it though, so I hope you will like it. Because of the lack of time at the end, I couldn't playtest it properly, so I made 3 difficulty levels to compensate it somehow.
#### Extreme difficulty walkthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK6AY587hEw