Gate Keeper
Gate Keeper
Gate Keeper is a retro 2D RPG with a short story of roughly 30mins.
The game was developed for the PicoSystem and 32Blit retro consoles, but it also runs on Windows, macOS, Linux. A preview can be played in the browser.
Features
- leveling system
- round based combat
- different biomes connected with gates
- grow, harvest and eat food for health regeneration
- buy weapons/food with gold found in chests
- 3 biomes
- 5 different dungeons
- boss fight
Controls (PicoSystem/32Blit)
- A - Interact
- B - Navigate back (menu)
- Y - Open/close menu
- DPad - Move player + navigate menus
Controls (PC/Browser)
- Z - Interact
- X - Navigate back (menu)
- V - Open/close menu
- W/A/S/D or arrow keys - Move player + navigate menus
Source code: https://github.com/Blackhawk-TA/GateKeeper
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Make a horde game!
may we ask what engine, if any, you used? we've been out of coding for ages, but we're thinking of getting our feet wet - trouble is all our groups are on different accessibility levels so having something that works on all formats would be tremendous
I used this engine: https://github.com/32blit/32blit-sdk
It was originally built for a retro handheld but also supports the Raspberry Pi Pico and PC/Mac/Linux.
If you only want support for PC/Mac/Linux it might not be the best solution. For the Pi Pico it is ideal.
Since the engine only supports 8x8 pixel tiles, but my game uses 16x16 pixels, I had to write some engine code by myself based on the original engine.
If it helps you in any way, the code of this game can be found here: https://github.com/Blackhawk-TA/GateKeeper
The engine related stuff is on the „src/engine“ directory. The map rendering is heavily modified due to compression.
This is another, simpler game using the same engine without any modifications: https://github.com/Blackhawk-TA/TowerDefense
I hope you find the best engine for you and have fun while coding!
I like the pixel art, but I'm stuck after finishing the first dungeon. The NPCs won't let me pass, and I can't seem to repair the stargate with the gate part.
Thanks for the feedback!
If you already have the gate part, you have to stand directly below the stargate and open the inventory by navigating to "Items" in your menu. There you can select the gate part and the stargate can be repaired. You can open the menu by pressing "Y" on console and "V" on PC.
All the entrances to dungeons are blocked off by NPCs saying something to the effect of "you cannot pass yet" and I can't find any other way to progress.
The NPCs drop a few hints on where to find the first dungeon. Try talking to the purple one at the south-east of the map.
Oh, right. This is an RPG game. The first enemy to come to mind is an anatomically incorrect spider and people who play these and make their own games put them in too. Spiders are better than this... Nobody cares :)
I guess spiders need some love too :)