CONTROLS: Arrow keys to move, Z to start, X to view help screen

This is it. The moment you've prepared for your whole life. You've finally found the legendary sword Densetsuha, said to grant a heavenly path to whoever can free it from its pedestal. As you focus your magical powers and remove it, the ground begins to shake... You'll need to use your new sword to defend yourself if you want to survive this trip!


Artorius was made using PICO-8 in just 1 week for Missouri S&T's Spring Break Game Jam. All code, art, and music was made by me during the event. The music is a remix/adaptation of Jack of all Trades by CaseJackal

BBS page with SOURCE CODE: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=89701#p

This was my fist time using PICO-8, and I have to say, I really enjoyed it! Lua has some quirks that gave me a headache every now and then, but otherwise the system is really easy to use. It was fun building everything from the ground up, a much different process than I'd use in an engine like Godot which has built-in functionality for a lot of things. I almost ran into the token limit of PICO-8 right at the end of this project, and it's a bit of a miracle I was able to compress my code enough to fit it all in! Overall I had a good time.

StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorAthakaspen
GenreShooter
Made withPICO-8
Tags2D, Arcade, Bullet Hell, Difficult, PICO-8, Pixel Art, Short, Singleplayer, Swords, Wizards
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Gamepad (any)

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artorius_windows.zip 1.1 MB
artorius_linux.zip 703 kB
artorius_osx.zip 3.2 MB
artorius_raspi.zip 1.4 MB
artorius.p8.png 38 kB
artorius-jam-version.p8.png 38 kB

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