Tales of Zeph'ra

General information

This game was made for the Dungeon Crawlers Jam '24 #dcjam24 in a week. The jam had 4 themes to choose (limitless/endless, cosmic horror, solitude and ancient ruins). The chosen theme for this game were several:

• Cosmic Horror: general atmosphere, playing with sanity/madness during all gameplay.
• Ancient Ruins: scenery where the gameplay takes action.
• Solitude: you are a lonely adventurer.

Gameplay gets around 15-20 minutes. First level and last level are fixed, middle levels are generated randomly, using several parameters to try keeping balancing from game to game.

Narrative

You are a lone adventurer, thrust into the shadowy depths of the Temple of Zeph'ra. Accompanied only by your courage and determination, you venture into this world of forgotten gods and cosmic horrors. Amidst ancient ruins and dark passageways, mysteries await to be unraveled and challenges to be overcome.

How to play

• Movement
  • A/U/Numpad 8: move forward
  • S/Down/Numpad 5: move back
  • A/Numpad 4: strafe left
  • D/Numpad 6: strafe right
  • Q/Left: turn left
  • E/Right: turn right
• Action
  • Space bar: pick up items, open doors, sacrifice
  • 1, 2, 3, 4: use spell
  • Z: attack left hand
  • X: attack right hand
• Game
  • M: map
  • I: inventory
  • .: options

Credits

• Programming and design
  • Amador Roldán (https://github.com/aroldanju)
• Music
  • Víctor Parejo (info@elhalconnegro.com)
• Sounds
  • Heart beat sound: https://opengameart.org/content/heartbeat-sounds
    
  • Stone door sound: https://opengameart.org/content/stone-door
  • Impact sounds: https://opengameart.org/content/12-wet-towel-hittingfallingpunching-floor-sounds
  • Steps, Inventory sounds: https://kenney.nl
  • Hit sounds: https://opengameart.org/content/37-hitspunches
  • Sacrifice sound: https://opengameart.org/content/flare-ignition
  • Enemy sounds: https://opengameart.org/content/monster-sound-effects-2
• Graphics
  • Inventory items: https://www.gamedevmarket.net/asset/rpg-icon-pack-32x32-200-icons

All used assets in this game have CC0 licenses. In other cases they have been bought.

Content

• Find your best fit among three playable characters.
• Three different tier for each equipment item.
• Five different spells.
• Five levels.

Hints

• Keep always in mind the sanity bar. Each action increases or decreases your sanity.
• Plan your strategy to face the waves of enemies. You can skip some enemies taking advantage of its sight range. 

Known bugs

• Sometimes, map has an incorrect player position, displacing 1 cell from real tile.