You are an imp, living a cozy life in a dungeon. You have everything you need. your peaceful life is shattered when a knight comes to the dungeon to hunt you down. The knight is big and strong, and you know you can't defeat him in a fair fight. But you have one thing he doesn't: a magic candle. This candle allows you to summon powerful mobs to fight on your behalf.

In this Role Reversal, you play as the mob summoning imp trying to defeat the idle Fighter.  Build up your army before the knight becomes too powerful to be stopped. 

Tutorial:

Run away from the Knight, he is faster and stronger than you. To stay alive you need to summon minions to get in his way, but be careful the longer he is in the dungeon the more powerful he becomes.

You gain money over time allowing you to summon minions. You can select which demon you'd like to summon by holding a right click, hovering over them, and releasing.

Controls: 

  • Movement  - W A S D
  • Summon Minion - Left click   
  • Select a minion - Holding right click hover over the desired minion and release 
  • Dash - Spacebar

Once the Knight is surrounded by 4 minions, he will stop chasing you.  each minion has a different ability:

  • Demon
    • A basic melee attack
  • Mage
    • Ranged attack
  • Mushroom
    • Spreads poison clouds over the map that damage the Knight 
  • Spider
    • One-time burst damage
  • Ghost
    • Slows the Knight's attack speed (does not stack)
  • Slimes
    • Slows the Knight's movement speed 
  • Miner
    • Generates additional currency 
  • Demon King
    • High damage tank

Development Notes:

  • Slimes Go through walls.

Credits

Thank you for playing our game! This is our second time participating in the GMTK Game Jam and it has been so much fun! Please let us know if you have any feedback.

  • Character Sprite Artwork  - Brendan Wake & Jaron Baker
  • Character Sprite Animation - Brendan Wake 
  • Development - Dallin Baker & Jaron Baker
  • Music  - Cassidy Wake
  • UI Design -  Alec Francis

Download

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Impish.zip 15 MB

Comments

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Great!

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Great game! The movement feels nice, the slowdown during demon selection is amazing, and the balance feels fun. Thanks!

Fun game! Thanks for making it.

Great game!

very cool!