Hi everyone!
OVERGROWN is a short retro FPS set in a jungle temple, and the demo is now up on itch, free.
You start on a muddy jungle trail, cross the river to an old outpost and climb the steps of a temple where the jade idols have woken up. They float, they spit green fire, and they really don't like visitors. Clear them out with a double-barrel shotgun, grab the jade key and walk through the temple gate.
A few things about it:
- One level, a few minutes long, free
- A chunky 640x360 pixel look, scaled up so it stays crisp
- The idols' fire can't get through walls, pillars, crates or sandbags, so cover actually matters
- The shotgun breaks open, kicks out both shells and loads fresh ones on every reload, because obviously a demo this size needed that
It's also a bit of a proof of concept. Everything in it (the pixel art, the lighting on the sprites, the temple, the sound and the code) was made with Isberg Labs, the game dev tool I've been building.
Play it here: https://isberg.itch.io/overgrown
(Windows 10/11, about 33 MB. SmartScreen may warn you because the exe isn't code-signed yet: click More info, then Run anyway.)
If you give it a go, I'd love to hear how the shotgun feels and whether the fights are too easy or too hard. Thanks for reading!