Boltcorpse & Sons

Congratulations! You are a new employee at Boltcorpse & Sons.

As we all know, vengeful ghosts are everywhere. They break into the palace now that they lack a physical body, and we've already lost nine of our kings this way. It's your incredibly important job to defend against that!

Unfortunately, though, our resources are limited. 

• You can only look to one side at a time (left or right) by pressing Left Arrow/Right Arrow (or A and D)
• You can only wear one pair of glasses to spot and destroy specific ghosts. Toggle between them by pressing Up Arrow/Down Arrow (or W and S), or its specific number key.

As you get further, more types of ghosts and glasses appear, with new properties or special effects. 

The longer you stay in one view, the bigger your range and damage. But don't let that distract you from checking out the other side too ...

Defend the palace! Or, well, just survive as long as you can. Those glasses were expensive.

Inspiration

This is my submission for the Mini Jame Gam 33. Its theme was Behind You, and the special object (you had to use somehow) was Glasses.

Recently, I read a few novels from the Lockwood & Co series. That's probably why this idea of fighting off ghosts with certain properties was my very first assumption when reading the theme. That's also why the game is called Boltcorpse & Sons ;)

I was also inspired by the Weeping Angels from Doctor Who. Those are evil spirits that only move when you're not looking. In other words, they're a statue when in front of you, but when behind you ...

Anything Else?

The source code is available for free on GitHub: Boltcorpse & Sons.

The game was made in Godot 4.3, its graphics in Affinity Designer, and all music a mix of Audacity and my crappy microphone.

I don't generally continue work on jam games after the jam is over. Most of those games are great little experiences, but fall apart when expanded into something bigger.

I do execute a "big old game update" once a year where I continue development for a few days on what turned out to be my most promising little experiences. If you have any suggestions, feel free to let me know, and I'll put it on the list.