Be fast, and escape the crypt before your soul decays in this action platformer, Crypt Crawler!

The goal of the game consists in reaching the exit door, by doing so, you'll win the game, but if otherwise, your soul perishes before doing so, the game will be over, this will mainly happen if enemies hit you too many times or if the decaying health ends up killing you for being too slow.

You, as the player, will be able to perform 4 key mechanics:

  • Jump: While jumping, the direction of the character cannot be changed and control over the character will only be regained after touching the ground again. Also, the jump will change depending on which direction where you moving, or if you're standing still.
  • Attacking: The knight will be able to swing its sword to create magic projectiles, which will act as ranged attacks that can slay enemies on your path!
  • Blocking: By using its shiled, the knight will be able to protect himself from turret projectiles in the direction he's facing, but while blocking, no movement or attacking options will be enabled, so cover your back!
  • Soul collecting: Souls will be scattered around the map and will be dropped by enemies, and these souls, when collected by touching them, will extend your lifetime, and grant the knight a few extra hits and seconds of life.

The character controls use A, D, both mouse clicks and the space bar:

  • A & D: For moving left and right when walking.
  • Space bar: For jumping.
  • Left mouse button: For attacking with the sword's magic projectiles.
  • Right mouse button: To use the shield and cover in the direction in which you're facing.

There will be a bunch of obstacles in the crypt that the player must overcome, them being:

  • Walking enemies: These enemies will move from left to right within a fixed path, and will damage the player on contact. They can be defeated by hitting them 3 times with the sword projectiles.
  • Flying enemies: These enemies will move from up to down in a fixed path, and will damage the player on contact. They can be defeated by hitting them 3 times with the sword projectiles.

There are as well mechanisms, that will be blocking the way or act as obstacles:

  • Turrets: Turrets will continously spit fireballs at a constant rate in a fixed direction. They cannot be deactivated or destroyed but the player can jump on them as if they were a normal platform.
  • Magic fireballs: Magic fireballs will go from one point to another, at a constant speed damaging the player on contact. They cannot be destroyed or interacted with in any other way.
  • 1 Way platforms: Platforms that will allow the player to jump through them from below, but act solid when on top of them.
  • Door: The exit door will be the winn condition, touch it and you will escape the crypt!

The other main system of the game is the soul decay, which consists on the knight losing health at a slow but steady pace, making a time trial out of the platforming and also forcing you to manage the health and the hits that you are willing to take.

Good luck, and escape the crypt!


Published 3 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
AuthorTortelDev
GenrePlatformer
Made withUnity
Tags2D, No AI, Retro, Short, Singleplayer, Unity
ContentNo generative AI was used

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