Xolotl - Ludum Dare 36 Mac OS
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Story
An evil monster has invaded your village, razed homes and burned everything down! Your fellow villagers have charged you, the local hero, Sam, with the mission of eliminating this evil monster, Josèphe Kafka, and his minions! Take your trusty crossbow with you as you enter his lair to complete your mission and save your village from his reign of terror! Be careful of his obsequious guards and archers and the smog from the constant burning!
Controls
- Move - Arrow Keys
- Shoot - Z
- Restart Game - R
- Quit to Main Menu - Escape (While in game)
- Quit to operating system - Escape (While on Main Menu)
- Take Screenshot - F1
During Game Design I my classmates and I were tasked with creating a game around an abstract concept. For my game I chose the concept of threat detection. While performing research on the concept I was surprised to discover the many different ways that a threat can be perceived. Our team's creation for the Ludum Dare 36. The theme was Ancient Technology. Paws of Purrsia: Kitty Litter is a 4-player party game where players coordinate their moves to keep a palanquin from tipping-over. Think Persian-version of Crazy Taxi with four drivers controlling one vehicle.
Help
- Made for Ludum Dare 36 for the theme 'Ancient Technology.' Developed in 48 hours so please forgive me if there are bugs. If you do encounter any, please leave me a comment or contact me via Twitter so I can fix them asap.
- This game has no save feature.
- Screenshots are saved to your C:Users%USERNAME%AppDataLocalCrossbowAssassin in Windows and your current working directory on Mac OS X.
- Sorry, Linux lovers, I don't have a Linux machine so I am unable to compile a Linux build.
- If the Mac build doesn't run, refer to this page to get it running.
About
Inspired by some recent hazy events in my country (brownie points if you manage to get the references) and Warren Robinett's classic Adventure, I decided to make a similar maze action-adventure game for my first Ludum Dare. I had a blast!
Crossbow Assassin was made in GameMaker: Studio, Bxfr, Bosca Ceoil, coffee, pen and paper and music that's 130bpm or faster.
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
| Author | Doppp |
| Genre | Action, Shooter |
| Made with | GameMaker: Studio |
| Tags | 2D, Action-Adventure, Boss battle, GameMaker, Ludum Dare 36, Shoot 'Em Up, Top Down Adventure, Top down shooter |
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December 14th-17th 2012 :: Theme: You are the Villain
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