Biogoth - Minimum Viable Product

This is a very early prototype.

Biogoth is a hack and slash platformer set in a world that combines Gothic horror with post-apocalyptic sci-fi. The player is a vampire that can bite enemies to regain health.

The Story So Far

The world was torn apart by Armageddon in 2015. During the wars, militaries developed viruses to enhance human capability. These experiments were failures. Monsters of our imaginations became real. Humans were turned into vampires, werewolves, and zombies.

In the nuclear twilight of 2017 disparate factions battle for control of the new world. A fascist syndicate is developing a new strain that overcomes the limitations of the existing ones.  After escaping from their lab, you fight your way through their army to prevent them from developing this virus.

Attacks

Attacks work similar to the Super Smash Bros. series. Pressing a direction while attacking causes the player do a different move.

	On floor	In air
Neutral	Slash	Slash
Up	Push kick	Drop kick
Down	Spin attack	Death from above
Side	Deflect	Deflect

Help Me Make the Full Version

This is just a demo of the game I want to make. I need to hire an animator (if any animations in this demo were good it's because they're from Mixamo), a second level designer, and a background painter. I'd also like to get an audio interface so I can record guitar parts for the soundtrack. If I get enough money I'd also like to hire actors to record the dialogue.

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Features Planned for Full Version

• 16 different attacks
• 30 levels
• Modding
• Higher resolution sprites
• Original sound track
• Boss fights
• More enemy types (both humans and monsters)
• A custom open source engine
• The protagonist will wear a cape

Source Code

The game uses a custom engine written in C++ using raylib. It has an entity component system architecture using EnTT. Entities are defined in TOML files and maps are created in Tiled.

Source code

Known Issues

• Sometimes when starting characters will be stuck in the floor. If this happens, press [R] to reset.
• There are a few places where it's possible for the camera to zoom out too far and show out of bounds areas.

Asset Sources

• Tileset
• Hit sound
• Swing sound
• Enemy sounds
  
• Gun sounds