Limestone

--- 2022 UPDATE ---

This project is no longer under development. However, I have attached a second version of the game that contains an intro cinematic, a new combat system, and the environment for the first level. It was fun working on this for a year, and the culmination of my efforts will remain here, free to download.

--- Initial Release Statement ---

This is a "minimum viable product" or MVP. It's meant to be a testing ground for combat and movement mechanics, graphics tech, and general gameplay systems. As I begin constructing the full game, I will add more enemies, abilities, and level features to this MVP.

Ultimately, the game will be a run-and-gun platforming adventure that tells a short story. For now, this demo is a self-contained version of everything I've made so far.

How to play:

-    move with WASD, jump/double-jump with Space, aim and shoot with mouse.

-    when you enter the arena, enemies will begin to spawn in waves.

-    each wave increases in size until wave 6, then it's constant forever.

-    you have 3 spells at the moment: Bolt, Seekers, and Shell. Each has it's merits. swap with Q and E, there's an indicator in the prototype HUD in the top left.

-    you can perform a dash attack with LShift which stuns enemies and deals some damage. The cooldown is indicated by a coin that returns to you from your original location.

-    there is no score, you cannot die.

Pause menu:

-    pause the game with Esc

-    saving and loading does nothing.

-    you can turn on music if you like, it's just a loop from one of my recent songs. it's not exactly mixed for this purpose, but I was using it to set the sound effect levels.

Developer Controls

if you turn this on, you get some extra controls:

-    mouse wheel: control the darkness parameter of the lighting system (there is no indicator, press restart to restore default value)

-    < and > : slow time to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, or 1/16 the usual rate. There is no indicator, but it's clamped between 1/16 and 1 so you can just mash > to get back to normal.

That's all for now, I appreciate any and all feedback!