Dest

Entry for the Ebitengine game jam 2024.
The theme is "building" and my interpretation is about making the typical character building a bit more intense.

• Gameplay 
  • Optimize your offensive statistics by picking the right combinations of items in the right order, at the building phase.
    • 240 items are filling the room, picking one removes 3 random items, and adds 10 curses (negative items) to the remaining ones.
  •  Take the portal and defeat the boss to go to the next stage!
  • The boss' second phase triggers at 50% HP.
  • Since there is not enough content, the game is endless and loops by increasing the boss' HP.

• Controls

  Input	Action
  WASD	Movement
  Mouse movement	Aim / Player direction
  Mouse button Left	Shoot
  Space bar	Dash
  E	Interact (pick item / enter portal)
  Tab	Pause / Resume
  R	Restart

  Mouse sensitivity, and audio can be configured by pressing 'Tab' and going to the top left "Settings" menu.
  
  Better in full screen.

• Notes
  • It is supposed to be hard so that you're forced to spend time to build your character in the most powerful way.
  • Be careful about not stacking too many curses, as some can kill you and/or can make the character unplayable.
  • Some AoE damage and projectiles are marked on the ground, so you might have to check your feet for some red markers occasionally.
  • After pressing 'Tab' or escaping the cursor capture, pressing 'Tab'/click again might introduce a delay for the game to be focused again and accept the input.
  • There's only one boss unfortunately, I intended to have 3, but I couldn't make more than one in time. The balance also needs some tweaking, as the game is relatively easy breakable at the moment.

Thanks to @Archeron for making the large items sprite sheet and early development feedback!

• Sources 
  • Engine: https://ebitengine.org/ 
  • SFX: https://sfxr.me/ 
  • Github: https://github.com/Zyko0/Dest
  • Art (except for the item icons by @Archeron) has been done in Gimp, shaders, and FL studio!