Akino's Dungeon

Our second GameJam and first GameJam full publication! (Ludum Dare 55)

About the game

Akino's Dungeon is a top-down arcade where you have to dodge and maneuver to kill your enemies using your familiars.

Gameplay video

https://youtu.be/EgqKxC2b74U

How to play

• Drag your cursor to move
• Dodge enemies
• Use orbiting familiars to kill enemies
• Pick skulls from dead enemies to get more familiars
• Feed demon Akino by getting more familiars to gain its strength and erase your foes!
• Win condition: raise Akino to level 5!

The game is quite difficult, but it is possible to master it and get to the end screen!

Controls

Movement: Just move your cursor and the character will follow it!

Dash (Cooldown 2s): Left Mouse Button (Available when Akino is lvl 2!)

Spin (Cooldown 3s): Right Mouse Button (Available when Akino is lvl 4!)

Tips

• Every level gives you a buff or a new ability, it gets written on top left of the screen. Get use of its strengths!
• On the first level upgrade, wolves get a little bit faster too, so be careful not to get ambushed! Make sure that there is a distance between you and your enemies before you level up
• Get to know a “safe distance”, from where you can get the enemies, but enemies can’t get you
• Combine your and familiars’ momentum to kill enemies before they know what struck ‘em
• Try to kill your enemies before there’s too many of them; but don’t get too greedy!
• If you lose all your familiars, don’t fret! Move around the area, you’ll certainly find a skull lying somewhere; however, they only spawn when you don’t have them, so you can’t just farm them without killing enemies

Platforms and versions

Versions:

• Jam version: unchanged version as it was submitted. Without mouse fix.
• Fix version (Highly recommended): with mouse control fix (see Changelog below).

Available on:

• Win x86-64 (Stable, no delays; Jam and Fix versions, .exe)
• Linux x86-64 (Works, but not tested; Fix version, .zip)
• Html5 (Stable, performance depends on browser)

HTML5 Performance in known browsers:

• in Mozilla Firefox the game may restart slower, in 2-3 seconds
• Chromium browsers (Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera etc.) and Safari run smoothly without big delays

Highly recommended to play via downloading AkinosDungeon_Fix.exe, as it is tested, runs more smoothly and doesn't freeze on restart.

 CHANGELOG

As in Ludum Dare it is forbidden to add new features, alternative controls won't be added until the end of the voting period. However, according to the rules, certain bug fixes are allowed after the deadline. So we present to you:

MOUSE FIX VERSION:

• fixed critical bug for mouse controls, now player moves smoothly without stuttering!
• fixed minor UI bug when wrong picture for Akino's level was displayed
• fixed redundant music loop in game over and win screens

Thank you for playing!