Demon Core

Description

You are a mad scientist, and you've just stolen an experimental nuclear gun powered by an unstable plutonium core! Collect plutonium to charge up your gun and do more damage, but be careful! If your gun is overcharged, then you will take damage over time, but overcharging your gun will also cause a chain reaction whenever you kill an enemy, arcing the laser onto all nearby enemies for a devastating effect! Try to use this to your advantage, but be careful you don't succumb to radiation poisoning in the process!

Controls

• W/A/S/D: Move
• Left Click: Shoot
• E: Charge Gun
• Q: Vent Gun (Discharge)
• Shift: Dash

GWJ #49

This is my 4th GWJ entry. I'm interpreting the theme of "unstable" by basing the game around a nuclear gun powered by an unstable core. The gameplay is "unstable", because the player has to balance more power with taking self-damage from the gun.

Wild Cards used:

• Colossal Creature: Boss fight is a giant scientist
• A Blast From the Pastel: The scientists have pastel-colored hair

The project is open-source: https://github.com/charliedavenport/DemonCore (paid assets are not in the repo, so you will have broken dependencies when you open it in Godot)

Tips

• The overcharge effect on the gun is honestly OP. Try to get your gun overcharged, then quickly vent it (Q) once you have started the chain reaction
• The dash goes farther based on your gun charge. Use it to avoid the boss's attacks

Credits

• Tileset used: Tech Dungeon Roguelite (Paid version) https://trevor-pupkin.itch.io/tech-dungeon-roguelite
• Music by Matthew Pablo https://opengameart.org/content/space-boss-battle-theme
• Vent sound effect https://opengameart.org/content/steam-release-sounds
• "Splat" sound effect https://opengameart.org/content/8-wet-squish-slurp-impacts
• Glass breaking sound effect https://opengameart.org/content/breaking-bottle