Heroes of Keys & Kingdoms
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In a world threatened by Skeletons, Giant Rats, and Evil Castles, only you can unite the forces of good!
Click the Summon More Heroes button to summon heroes as letters into your tray at the bottom of the screen. Type a word using their letters for special effects, then press Enter to send your heroes to attack the enemy.
Play in your browser on itch.io!
The full team included:
- @Doctor-Zeus - lead designer, programmer
- @NBumgardner - programmer, composer
- Tom Bumgardner - artist
Special thanks go to the creators of open source tools used while making this game.
- The _Roboto_ and _Roboto Mono_ fonts were created by Christian Robertson.
- The list of valid words is from the ENABLE list within public domain.
- The Godot Sound Manager plugin by Nathan Hoad helped connect sounds into the game.
Given the fonts' external sources, please do not consider them when rating our team's artistic work (the rest of which was made within the confines of the jam).
This Ludum Dare entry features original art, music, and gameplay, and we are welcome to all kinds of feedback, especially related to how fun _Heroes of Keys & Kingdoms_ is to play!
You can also check out the open-source code on GitHub.
- https://github.com/SamBumgardner/alphabet-heroes/pull/45
- 4/23/2024: fix resizing config to help scaled fonts look not-terrible
- https://github.com/SamBumgardner/alphabet-heroes/pull/46
How to Play
Battle monsters with words to deal damage, block the enemy's attack, and heal yourself.Click the Summon More Heroes button to summon heroes as letters into your tray at the bottom of the screen. Type a word using their letters for special effects, then press Enter to send your heroes to attack the enemy.
Play in your browser on itch.io!
Credits
_Heroes of Keys & Kingdoms_ was created with the Godot engine in 3 days and includes original code, sound, and art.The full team included:
- @Doctor-Zeus - lead designer, programmer
- @NBumgardner - programmer, composer
- Tom Bumgardner - artist
Attributions
Special thanks go to the creators of open source tools used while making this game.
- The _Roboto_ and _Roboto Mono_ fonts were created by Christian Robertson.
- The list of valid words is from the ENABLE list within public domain.
- The Godot Sound Manager plugin by Nathan Hoad helped connect sounds into the game.
Given the fonts' external sources, please do not consider them when rating our team's artistic work (the rest of which was made within the confines of the jam).
Feedback Wanted
This Ludum Dare entry features original art, music, and gameplay, and we are welcome to all kinds of feedback, especially related to how fun _Heroes of Keys & Kingdoms_ is to play!
You can also check out the open-source code on GitHub.
Changelog
- 4/22/2024: allow viewport resizing / improve support for high-dpi displays- https://github.com/SamBumgardner/alphabet-heroes/pull/45
- 4/23/2024: fix resizing config to help scaled fonts look not-terrible
- https://github.com/SamBumgardner/alphabet-heroes/pull/46