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A jam submission

Cult of ShadowsView game page

An alchemy experiment gone wrong... or right? Can you make it out of the city?
Submitted by Johnny Dan, Hamazon, BogdanS, SuperMash (@ajstewart_) — 12 minutes, 27 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Cleverness#18961.0001.000
Theme#19341.0001.000
Playability#19831.0001.000
Artistic Style#20811.0001.000

Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
No

Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes

Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes

Tell us about your game!
Cult of Shadows is a shooter in which you play as an ex-cultist. The city in which the game takes places in
has been ravished by the failed experiments of the Shadow Cult. The entire population has succumbed to
darkness, all living things turned to shadows and the only human remaining is the player.

Mechanics
● Soul Lamp
○ Burns a soul every few seconds in order to keep the player safe from the darkness enveloping the
city. The size of the light is directly influenced by the amount of souls that the player holds. If the
● The Purifier
○ This weapon is attached to the Soul Lamp and it uses souls in order to create projectiles which can
dispel the living shadows. It can produce both individual bullets and flash bombs. All projectiles will
emit light and sound which can attract the enemies.
● Boosts
○ Health Boost - heals
○ Stamina Boost - recovers the stamina & allows sprinting without consuming stamina for a few
seconds
○ Ammo Boost - Increase fire rate & no souls consumed for a few seconds
● Alchemy Research Station
○ Health Boost Upgrade - triggers out of combat regeneration faster
○ Stamina Boost Upgrade - increases the duration of the effect
○ Ammo Boost Upgrade - increase the duration of the effect
● Throw
○ Player can pick up certain objects and throw them in order to distract enemies

Controls:
Esc - Pause / View options
WASD - Character movement
E - Interact
Left Click - Shoot
Q - Flash bomb
Ctrl (hold) - Slow Walk
Shift (hold) - Sprint
Tab (hold) - View Inventory
1 - Use Health Boost
2 - Use Stamina Boost
3 - Use Ammo Boost

Extra Notes
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Comments

Submitted

This is a good looking Darkwood darkness survival style. But this game is a little difficult and a frame drop sometimes. The game crashed once for me.

However, the visual and sounds are very nice.