Rise Again

"Rise Again my son. Ascend through this arena, where you are your own worst enemies."

These dark reflections mean to destroy your crystal heart. If it shatters, back below you go. But beware, these shades are linked to you, and inflicting damage to them is a pain you share together. Survive long enough with your crystals, and endure.

With this year's theme of 'Joined Together', we wanted to explore the idea of tethering the player and enemies together in an unexpected way through the means of a shared health bar. This gives the game a unique risk/reward mechanic in that any damage you inflict on them is dealt to you too! Rather than defeating enemies, the aim is to protect the crystals in the arena by utilising your shield and stun abilities to delay the shades long enough to win. However, your score and cooldowns are tied to killing enemies, so use them wisely.

"Prove yourself to those above, and you too can ascend..."

Controls:
W, A, S, D   -   To move the player
LMB (Left Click)   -   To cast a damaging projectile
RMB (Right Click Hold)   -   To conjure a limited shield
E   -   Stun attack to incapacitate enemies
SPACEBAR   -   To knockback stunned enemies

(Due to the nature of a 48 hour GameJam, this game may have bugs! Currently, we are aware that the leaderboard doesn't work.)

Almost all programming and art assets created in the Game Jam. Sound is royalty free third party or created by us.

Credits:
Matthew Bulleyment - Programming
Becky Scott - 3D Art (Environment)
Damien Stadden - 3D Art (Characters & Lighting)
Louise Hunnisett - 3D Art (Animations & Props)
And a special thanks to Andrew Humbles and Pippa Stadden for sourcing and creating music & sound.