Dark Lord Soffar's Vacation Disruption

Be the BOSS! Reverse the role of getting stomped on by the boss, and instead be the end dungeon BOSS to destroy heroes. Summon armies of minions, cast crazy spells, and defeat those pathetic heroes. Now you'll know what it's like to be a true Boss!

Quick Summary: Top-Down Survival Shooter where you as an end Boss go up against single heroes. As a boss you have a BOSS METER which allows you to constantly activate spells (think very loosely like ship energy in FTL... or probably more like a constantly charging mana bar). Along with your spells you can summon minions to distract/fight with you. Gameplay wise its vaguely like a Survivors Like/Bullet Heaven but focuses on one on one combat.

Note: My first time trying to upload anything resembling a real project in HTML (using Game Maker). I see with full-screen the HUD/Text doesn't scale or adjust correctly and some sprites are blurry. Also there may be a little lag during enemy deaths, but if a huge issue you can toggle off particles/effects with the "Y" key in game. The game is still fully playable in browser, but would recommend downloading the actual files for an optimal experience.

Made for 2023 GMTK Jam with the theme Roles Reversed. My take is that you get to play as the BOSS instead of usually being the Hero fighting a boss.

Controls:

Arrow Keys or WASD - Move

Mouse - Aim (No clicking required!)

Top Keys 0-9 - Activate/Deactivate/Launch Spells and Summon Minions

Esc - Exit Game

In game Option Controls:

"T" - Screen Shake (Normal, Lower, Off, ...or EXTREME!!!)

"Y" - Turn off effects/particles (May help reduce lag but won't look as cool)

"U" - Turn off voices (Some didn't come out as clear as hoped. Feel free to turn off if annoying)

F4 - Toggle Fullscreen (for downloaded version)

Thanks again for playing! I'd love to know your thoughts on this game. I may try to make a slightly less rough version.

Credits:

Programming and Design - SwornCoyote (Me!)

Music taken from: ANTTI MARTIKAINEN - https://anttimartikainen.com/
Menu Music - Divine Alliance
Game Music - The March of the Templars

Sound Effects -  www.zapsplat.com

Voice Effects - https://voicechanger.io/ (hopefully they aren't too weird/annoying in game)

Graphics:

Character models -  Deep Dive Game Studio

Weapon models -  https://0x72.itch.io/dungeontileset-ii,  https://0x72.itch.io/16x16-dungeon-tileset

Spell assets - https://bdragon1727.itch.io/fire-pixel-bullet-16x16

Floor - https://opengameart.org/content/16x16-indoor-rpg-tileset

Couple more random assets (like bomb) - https://o-lobster.itch.io/simple-dungeon-crawler-16x16-pixel-pack

Explosion - https://untiedgames.itch.io/five-free-pixel-explosions

Bones - https://frodoundead.itch.io/skull-bones

Title - https://cooltext.com/

Crosshair - https://www.kenney.nl/assets/crosshair-pack

Software - Game Maker

Thanks All!
-SwornCoyote