Shadow Breakout

This is a GMTK Game Jam 2023 entry.

"Your shadow awaits your demise..."

In "Shadow Breakout," you assume the role of the sole survivor in a post-apocalyptic world, a crow. Cursed with the ability to breathe fire when hit with a meteorite, it has discovered a mysterious link between the realm of light and the shadow realm, the ominous cradle of impending death. Within the shadow realm resides the grim reaper, a figure capable of exerting influence over the real world from the abyssal dark. As a crow, resourcefulness is key. Every action you take resonates in the shadow realm, so you must discern how to effectively hinder the grim reaper's plans. On the other hand, as the grim reaper, your singular objective is to eradicate all remnants of existence in the world, which includes eliminating the crow.

The choice of which ending to pursue rests in your hands.

Controls

Use WASD or the arrow keys to move ⬅️➡️, Spacebar to jump

Press G to breathe flames (as the Crow) / to cast meteorites (as the Grim Reaper)

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Devlog1 (July 9th 2023): The concept has proven to be hard to implement during the jam timeframe, especially given that I had to draw the art and program the gameplay logic during the 48 hours. I couldn’t make it in time for the idea that I had in mind so this is merely a minimal proof of concept. I also struggled to manage my time and spent a good chunk of it initially trying to perfect the art and solve bugs to make sure the gameplay mechanics were flawless when I should've focused on the main game objectives.

I didn't really test anything so you may end up with some unexpected behavior. This is really the most I could do. ＞︿＜

I also didn't have enough time to finish music and sound effects, I'll probably add them in the future if I decide to finish this.

(Update: After exporting the project I just realized Godot just likes to do things its own way even with debug enabled so reaching the door and opening it does absolutely nothing. I even tried again in the grace period to no avail.)

Thank you for your understanding! 

Credits

Game design, art and programming by DIGITBRAUL.
This game uses the following CC0 resources:
Pixel Fonts by Daniel Linssen (@managore)
CRT Shader originally by LetsGameDev (YouTube)