Bury your friends!


For this most recent version, I wanted to make the game feel more like a fight almost. The original version was fun but didn't really have the kinds of engagements that I like to see in games. In this new version, I've added the ability to dive down at your opponent by pressing the S and Down arrow keys respectively. This helps add a bit more agency to attacking and introduces a risk/reward system for killing your opponent. Second, I made jumping on your opponent's head not actually kill them right away. During playtesting, I found that the instant kill had the potential to lead to a lot of spawn camping. And it just created a bit of a lull in the gameplay when someone would die without getting to do much. So instead I made it so that bouncing on someone's head knocks them down, so the goal is to force them out of the level. This is enhanced by increased platform spawns so it's harder to fall out accidentally.

Files

Shovel Knight Duels 6.zip Play in browser
Mar 29, 2021

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