THE MORTAL

A tiny LOWREZJAM 2016 action adventure game by ODS.

Embark on a dangerous journey as a mere mortal in a realm controlled by Eternal gods.

Some words:

There are certainly more fun games to make for such a fine jam as this, but I thought I'd push myself a little by making a game and a soundtrack for it at the same time. :)

Now the game runs in a virtual resolution of 1600x900 but the actual game is obviously rendered to a 64x64 screen in the middle. Therefore there ARE some sub-pixel movements happening with certain GUI elements. But the game, itself, runs pixel perfect in 64x64.

Playing with a XBOX 360 gamepad is *Strongly* recommended, but just in case the game defaults to keyboard control which works just as well if it detects no controllers connected.

UPDATE: Some newer words:

Hey so, 4 years have passed, a small patch happened for now, maybe some more will happen. I have now also included a "HD" version for optional download. That one runs 128x128 resolution. Generous, I know. Too generous almost. But the reason behind this is that maybe someone would prefer the experience without the brutal pixel swimming. The original game (also now patched a tiny bit) will remain here for consistency and still runs at a gorgeous 64x64 pixels (full of swimmy pixels).

Feel free to get in touch if there are any questions! :) Twitterhandles are below.

- ODS

!!!!PLEASE NOTE!!!!:

The titlescreen tells you to "press 'a' button". It wrongfully assumes that you've got a xbox 360 gamepad connected in which case 'a' button makes sense. But on keyboard the button to press is 'k', since that maps to the same action used.

Controls on Keyboard are WASD and UIOJK.

Credits:

Peter (aka PEET) (twitter: @peteyrocket):
- Programming
- Art
- Sound design
- Music
- "Writing"
- Design

Bag (twitter: @bagthebag)
- Design
- Art