Project Genesis

Project Genesis is a unique turn-based RPG! Explore Genesis, a small town with treasures, friends, and foes. *This project is a prototype, and is not a full game.*

EST COMPLETION TIME: ~10 min

This project was made as an acceptance test for a game development class. It was created in ~1 month. 

Controls in the Overworld are pretty standard RPG inputs. It's worth noting that there is a setting in the menu to toggle "auto-run", making the use of [Left Shift] obsolete.

• [WASD] or [Arrow Keys] - Move Player / Navigate Menu
• [Z] or [Space] or [Enter] or [Left Mouse Click] - Submit (Action Key)
• [X] or [Escape] or [Right Click] - Cancel 
• [I] - Toggle Menu
• [Left Shift] - Sprint

Combat in this project is a unique formula, and has a bit of a learning curve due to the nature of being a prototype. This next section lays out gameplay for dodging attacks on the ENEMY turn.

• [WASD] or Arrow Keys - Navigate Menu / Free-Aim Movement
• Action Key - Submit
• [X] or [Escape] or [Right Click] - Cancel

Two characters are controlled in combat -- the Leader (Left) and the Follower (Right). Using [WASD] for the leader, and [Arrow Keys] for the follower, the player can perform what is called a "directional dodge". For example, pressing the [W] key would make the leader dodge up, and pressing the [Up Arrow] key would make the follower dodge up.

Enemies will attack from all sides in various unique patterns. It is up to the player to decide when the time is right to use a directional dodge. For example, if an enemy is coming at the player from the left or right, the player should perform an upward or downward directional dodge.

If a party member is downed in combat, a simple healing item will get them back up-- no special revive remedies needed. Upon leveling up, both party members will be fully healed. 

Turn-Based RPGs are my favorite game genre. Mario & Luigi, TTYD, Deltarune, Baldur's Gate, Expedition 33-- and so many more sit among my inspirations. I can only hope to make an RPG half as good as those one day.

For now, I hope this game-- despite its flaws (which I plan to fix in the real game)-- is enjoyable. Any feedback is more than welcome (harsh or not)! I plan to make many quality of life changes in the future to hopefully elevate this game to new heights. 

I developed the game and worked on everything in Unity (putting together the scenes, code, save/load data, etc). I created all the UI Elements and some of the sprite work. But I also utilized some resources to help meet the deadline --

Most Sprite Work, Various SFXs, and the other two songs ("Gruffick" battle theme and "Victory!" theme) were resources created by my cousin, Alex Plas.

Tutorial Card and Enemy Death SFXs belong to Nintendo and Alphadream.

"8-Bit Fun" (Song used in Genesis Overworld) was made by Heatley Bros.