Uprising

Heliothe the Celestial has perpetrated a triumph against the forces of the Abyss, and now she must escape the rising Fires of Perdition in this fast-paced, minimalist platformer.

I developed this for the Flights of Foundry 2024 mini game jam, running from September 26th 2024 at 10:00 PM to September 30th 2024 at 3:00 AM. As you might imagine, the game is quite minimal, but it is "complete" in the MVP-sense of "complete".

The goal is simple: stand above the rising Fires of Perdition for as long as possible. The Fires accelerate as a function of your altitude, getting faster as you get higher. Your altitude, in meters, serves as your score. The HUD tracks your progress, showing: current altitude / highest altitude this run.

There were a lot of extra things that I wanted to do with this project, but honestly I'm shocked that I got this far given the very short time frame.

Features:

• Short, fast-paced gameplay
• Support for keyboard, mouse, and gamepad (Xbox, DualSense)
• Available for macOS (≥10.11) - I'll add other builds when I get time

Controls:

• Keyboard
  • Main menu
    • W, Up Arrow - move selection up
    • S, Down Arrow - move selection down
    • P - play game
    • Q, Escape - quit application
  • Game
    • A, Left Arrow - run left
    • D, Right Arrow - run right
    • Shift+A, Shift+Left Arrow - walk left
    • Shift+D, Shift+Right Arrow - walk right
    • Space - fly
    • Escape - pause
  • Paused
    • Escape - resume
  • Game over
    • Any key - main menu
• Mouse
  • Main menu
    • Left click - push selected button
  • Game
    • Left click - fly
  • Game over
    • Any click - main menu
• Gamepad
  • Main menu
    • DPad Up, Left Stick Up - move selection up
    • DPad Down, Left Stick Down - move selection down
    • South Button (A, X, …) - push selected button
    • North Button (Y, Triangle, …), Start Button - play game
    • East Button (B, Circle, …) - quit application
  • Game
    • Left Stick - run
    • DPad Left - run left
    • DPad Right - run right
    • South Button (A, X, …) - fly
    • Start Button - pause
  • Paused
    • Start Button - resume
  • Game over
    • Any button - main menu

For those of you interested in game development, I developed this in Rust using the Bevy game engine, the Avian2D physics engine, and the Leafwing input manager.