Swarmaggedon

Traverse through an endless tower filled with inert machinery, but beware of the Nanohive - these tiny, sentient creatures may turn these machine husks into mechanical nightmares…

In this arcade-style platformer, fight through hordes of giant machines and complete with other players for the throne atop the leaderboard!

Disclaimer: We were going to make an elaborate tutorial but a Unity Editor bug occurred when we started building, so we had to spend the rest of the time updating our project instead. There is a tutorial for basic mechanics but for a more detailed explanation, keep reading  :D

Controls:

W,A,S,D - Movement

Space - Jump/Double Jump

Left click - Dash Strike - This is the player's main method of attacking. Consumes a moderate amount of mana.

Right click - Dodge Roll - The player is invincible for a brief period during this maneuver. Dodging perfectly will award the player with bonus mana.

Gameplay:

After the tutorial, the levels will proceed endlessly. The yellow orb that appears in front of the entrance will fly to a random location within the map. Find the orb to advance to the next level, located at the top right corner of the level. Difficulty increases upon level completion.

Leaderboard

At the end of the game, you have the option to submit a name to the leaderboard! The leaderboard is updated almost live - your entry will be in the next time you see the leaderboard. 

This is our submission for Ludum Dare 56! Our team is as follows:

Kaiway Tang - Programming, Art

Ming Zhu - Programming, Sound

Charlie Acquisto - Art 

Leave your feedback on our LD page! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/$397539  (forgot that there was an option to link our page and now it's gone :/)