One Last Swing
One Last Swing
This project is my entry for the Samurai Game Jam 2024 with subtheme: Luck! 🍀
Story:
Patrolling the border you get a message about enemy groups flooding your territory. Now it is up to you to make it back home and ensure the safety of your family!
Controls:
Use X to unsheathe your sword before the clash. If you do not have it out, you will automatically lose. Use ⬇️⬆️ to move your sword between the 3 stances of: High, Mid and Low.
The enemy will attack after a certain time has elapsed, just after they step back! Take that moment to adjust your stance to achieve victory!
Gameplay:
Beat 10 levels to make it back home, and if you feel like it, push your luck further into the endless challenge.
One Last Swing is a Rock-Paper-Scissor like dueling game, where you need to choose the correct stand to overcome your opponents, to regain your honor and to make it back home.
High stance beats middle, middle stance beats low and low stance beats high!
High > Mid > Low > High
Each opponent is part of an enemy unit, marked by their flags and clothing colors. Enemy units are trained the same, so use your experience to determine how they are gonna swing.
The game also takes inspiration from Punch Out, so keep your eyes peeled for clues that help you figure out things faster!
Ko-fi Articles:
If you are interested in the development process, I have several articles outlining code examples and thought processes used in the game!
https://github.com/Achie72/kofi-articles#one-last-swing---samurai-game-jam-2024
The game development was also streamed, so you can jump into VODs if that is to your liking!
Support:
Now up on the Lexaloffle BBS. Itch and my Ko-fi page are possibilities to support my work and enjoy the pre-exported binaries!
If you like this work, feel free to browse around my page and maybe check out my Ko-fi blog https://ko-fi.com/achiegamedev , where you can support me with a price of a coffee, to be able to fuel my coding habits and gain more retro games!
https://linktr.ee/AchieGameDev
Big thanks to Csöndi for supporting my work over at Ko-fi
Development log
- Aviable on the Lexaloffle BBS80 days ago
Comments
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Amazing PICO-8 game! The mechanics were on point! The customization was on point, really enjoyed having my little beard. There is also a lot of fun in figuring out the opponent's attack.
Definitely a great addition to my collection!
Really honored that you feel that way, it is amazing coming from a skilled gamedev like you!
Really love the game, really does reminds me of rock paper siccor. The art is so nice in PICO-8 I never done it but love to try out after playing this game!! The mechanics are smooth and easy to understand!
Thank you so much! I’ll do a few little updates on the game in the upcoming weeks, but nothing major.
I do have a little game manual in plan with all the juicy details, hopefully it will see the light of day!
hey i liked this game a lot. the simplicity of the art and the game design really got me. and it was still fun to play even though it was simple. i watched some of ur dev stream and subscribed to ur channel. hope u get to 100 subs sooooon. got 300 fame playing so far.
also i make YT videos about itch games like this one:
do you want your game reviewed in my next video???
Feel free to play any of my games in your videos! All I ask is a little link in the description and a shout out!
Wow, great! Pico 8 cartrige possible? Thanks
Glad you liked it!
Cartridge will come as soon as I finish commenting the code (and when the rating time expires, so I can update). You will be able to grab it here for a few buck, and supporting me, or you will be able to find on the Lexaloffle BBS as well for free!
awesome! i just wanted save points.
Save points might be in an upcoming after jam edition! Valid feedback, will plop it onto the todo list.
This is a realy cool game! I love the pixil art and game play! Keep it up!
Thanks! Happy to hear that the art is likeable, spent some time tuning the sprites!
fun game. Super nice work. Super cute game with a bit of strategy and with a good amount of risk and reward. Nice.
Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed it!