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Production Jam v0

Hope for the Homeland
A browser project made in HTML5

Hope for the Homeland is a short rogue lite where every defeated boss brings you one step closer to the truth. Head into the wilderness to loot and defeat bosses. Use your loot to repair your village that was burned down.

Several additions have been added to the game to help flesh out the story, fix bugs, and add polish:

Story Additions

  • Added a boss fight with narrative to push the story forward
  • Added door to transport players to the boss fight
  • Added multiple random spawn waves per room
  • Added Jabori the cook NPC and health upgrades

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issue where enemies ignored wall collisions
  • Fixed issue where player gets stuck on NPCs
  • Added proper collision shapes to all walls
  • Made the player a little less slippery

Polish

  • Added floor textures
  • Improved loot drop animation
  • Added biome title animation
  • Added spawn warning animation to alert the player where enemies will spawn
  • Added textured background to biome clear popup

New NPC Jabori the cook

Files

  • HopeForTheHomeland_GDD_GLJ23.pdf 3 MB
    Jun 24, 2023
  • HopeForTheHomeland_Prototypes_GLJ23.pdf 669 kB
    Jun 24, 2023
  • ProductionJamV0.zip 13 MB
    Jul 07, 2023
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