Shroud of Dracula is a single-player, top-down action RPG where you save your classmates and drive back the forces of evil before their spreading invasion takes you first. Procedural generated maps along with a spreading mechanic that rewards speed.
Description
Story
Arriving to help set-up for a fairy-tale themed Halloween school dance, the main character the knight, is surprised to see corruption taking over the school. With only his umbrella as a weapon he takes on the spreading evil and heads to rescue his 9 classmates and 1 teacher while defeating the bosses, a mummy, banshee and the werewolf (optional). With limited time before the corruption consumes the school, He must defeat two bosses and locate all classmates members.
Classmates- Cheerleader (Little Red Riding hood), Jock (Huntsman), Rebel Kid (Goblin), Book Nerd (Witch), Science Nerd (Mad Scientist from Frankenstein), Visually Impaired Exchange Student (Monk from Shippeitaro), Guide Dog (Shippeitaro), Twins (Dragon costume in two parts, head and tail), English Teacher (Woodland Elf)
Will they be rescued?
Enemies Hell-hound, Scarab beetles, Bats, Zombie, Vampire, Shadow creature
Bosses
Banshee, Mummy, Werewolf (Optional Boss)
Game Details
The current game is a prototype made for the Pirate Software Game Jam. The current game play duration is approximately 10-20 minutes. There were many more ideas and elements that we wanted to include but couldn't do so within the two week creation time frame.
Controls
Character Movement: WASD / Arrow Keys / Left Analog Stick / DPad
Attack: Left Click / Space bar / X Button
Block Right Click / Control / B Button
Run: Shift / A Button
Interact: E / Y Button
Map Toggle: M / Select
Pause: Esc / Start
Future Development Plans
Mini Boss Tree with cut scene showing school to learn mechanics
Game story line feature and character dialog
Add Additional Bosses (Dracula’s wives, Dracula, etc.)
Add small Enemies and additional attacks
Add Room Decor
Idle animations for Characters
Add Additional rooms like Cafeteria, Gym, Computer room, Wood & metal shop
Add Player Inventory System
Team mates
Art & Art Design
Clouded_Dreams
Programming and Design
FullontheMouth
Music
JacksNightTerror
Accessory Designer
Killer_Cutie07
Dev Notes/Fun Facts
A perfect block will open the umbrella and counter attack dealing extra damage.
All sprites, backgrounds and digital artwork within this game were created by Clouded_dreams using Krita
All the game developers are first-time developers made during the 2024 Pirate Software Game Jam. None of us had any experience in game development before the start of this process. This was a wild, but fun two weeks.
