Sacred Scarab by Tritax

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made by Tritax for LD27 (JAM)
You've managed to find your way to the very top of a great pyramid. In a secret chamber, you discover the Sacred Scarab. Unfortunately for you, you've also released the curse of the scarab.

Make your way back down to the base of the pyramid through twenty floors of traps, creatures, and piles of wealth. Be careful, though, each stairway is blocked by a series of locked doors (bronze, silver, and gold).

Search for the keys quickly, as every room fills with a deadly poison gas after just 10 SECONDS!

EDIT *****
I've seen a few people ask in the comments - YES, you can use the keyboard (press Enter when it asks for the A button).



==== Controls ====
Movement - WASD
Whip Attack - Left Arrow
Knife Attack- Right Arrow
"Press A" - Enter Key

** GamePad also supported. A - whip, X - knife.



** requires Microsoft XNA Framework 4.0 ***
installer is included in ZIP (or can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914).

Thanks for checking it out!!

Ratings

Coolness 32% 1563
Overall(Jam) 3.00 341
Fun(Jam) 2.80 345
Graphics(Jam) 2.80 426
Humor(Jam) 1.93 409
Innovation(Jam) 2.40 498
Mood(Jam) 2.50 430
Theme(Jam) 2.90 379

Feedback

stewthepoo
27. Aug 2013 · 12:26 UTC
good stuff, killing things with the whip is fun
BMacIntosh
28. Aug 2013 · 02:54 UTC
Does this require an XBox controller?
archaeometrician
28. Aug 2013 · 03:03 UTC
Hey nice game, I like the top view gameplay.
kibertoad
01. Sep 2013 · 08:52 UTC
got scared when it told me to press a, but the keyboard controls are perfectly fine. is there really so many people with gamepads at LD?
otherwise - nicely done adventure game.
phi
01. Sep 2013 · 08:55 UTC
Fun game! Could be polished and soundified, but I like the gameplay.
kibertoad
01. Sep 2013 · 09:32 UTC
got scared when it told me to press a, but the keyboard controls are perfectly fine. is there really so many people with gamepads at LD?
otherwise - nicely done adventure game.
Reyn
02. Sep 2013 · 20:55 UTC
Hi. I wasnt sure what to do once I died, I restarted the game every time, for some reason after some of the restarts hitting enter did not press 'A'. I wasn't sure if falling through the floor was something I was suppose to do, given that it deducts life I guess not. After entering a room I sometimes entered onto a baddie, which made the game very difficult. I liked it, thanks
lalanl
06. Sep 2013 · 05:20 UTC
I kept thinking the doors would open if I walked into them with a key, but I couldn't figure out how to open them.
lordjosephdeburg
14. Sep 2013 · 23:40 UTC
plays well and reminds me of the original zelda. cool game