Gamble Sword
A downloadable game for Windows
Submitted for the Calgary Prize Pool for GamePop 2025
Left click for main fire, Right click for alt fire.
Ctrl/Shift - Crouch
Space - Jump
Your are given a swing type and an effect type each round. Destroy all the enemies with your random abilities to progress.
You can deflect projectiles with your swings.
You also deal more damage the faster you go.
Also, wallrunning is a net-positive. You will ALWAYS gain some speed while wallrunning.
There are some waves, and each wave has some enemies. When you beat a level, the music will have a low pass applied and an exit will open up at one end of the stadium. (just check the outside perimeter)
Another movement tech: Walking allows you to turn around fast. So if you hold in the direction you are going, and turn your camera smoothly, you can completely redirect your velocity. This is useful at high speeds, just uncrouch (while holding W and looking where your going) and turn your camera to change your direction. Then quickly crouch again to keep your speed!
Another Another movement tech: Grabbing onto a wall only takes into account the direction your holding. You can abuse this to turn around really fast!
Swing Types:
- (BASIC) Basic Attack
- (LONG) Long Swing
- (GUARD) Guard then Swing
- (QUICK) Quick Stab
- (BLASTER) Quick swing with long cooldown
- (CHARGE) Charge swing
Effect Types:
- (LAUNCH) Hitting walls and enemies will launch you
- (STUN) Any enemies you hit will be stunned
- (EXPLODE) Explosive enemies on death
- (COMBO) Each consecutive hit boosts damage
- (SPEED) Each hit gives you a speed boost
- (FOLLOWUP) Landing one hit allows you to pull out a second quickly. The second has more damage and knockback.
- (RAGE) Taking damage will double your damage and attack speed for a while
(Sorry for how unclear it is of what abilities you get. I didn't have time to implement that)
Assets Used:
https://freesound.org/people/BennettFilmTeacher/sounds/486234/
https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-theme
https://www.fontspace.com/pixelated-elegance-font-f126145
https://stocksnap.io/photo/business-man-JJUUYMLKOC
Tools used:
Audacity, JFXR, Unity, Blender, Kirta.
I also used my own "in-house" first person movement script
ONE FUNCTION was AI! ONE!
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Hi there, are you submitting for the calgary prize pool or edmonton? I believe this is for Calgary but just want to be sure!