Puppet Gladiators

The simulated gladiator arenas of Con0 are the deadliest in known space. Not so much due to the waves of dumb kill-bots the combatants face, but rather because the crowd can select from a wide array of mind controll devices, which take away or modify the degree of control the gladiators have over their very body. The most harrowing form of audience interaction known to sentient beings. You have trained your mind and body, you have a shielded suit, an automatic railgun and a trusty hardlight-blade. But will it be enough to keep control and conquer the arena?

Featuring:

- Various ways the audience can interfer with your play

- Juicy, wave-based shmup combat with neon infuse sim visuals

- Escalating difficulty and player upgrades

- Extensive player moveset to tackle various situations

Controls (lol)

(W)(S)(A)(D) to move

Aim with mouse

(LMouse): Shoot

(f): Melee (deflects shots)

(Space): Dash (grants I frames)

Music by Dancefloor is Lava.

Made in 48 hours with GDevelop for GMTK Jam 2020.

The theme was "Out of Control", I tackled that via remaking a moveset I had previously worked on, then taking controll away from the player during play in ways that hopefully get clearly telegraphed.

(The game shares some systems and art with my current main project, but all code was hacked together during the jam. It was a attrocious slog of remaking basic stuff I worked on previously and it was soulcrushingly dull for the entire Saturday,  I'll never do this again.)