This is a month-long game jam, so we thought to go a bit ambitious:
So here are the first screenshot of our WIP Multiplayer Roguelike ARPG!
The theme of this jam is 30 second quest. We are thinking to have dungeon environments be filled with Aether, which is toxic to humans. If you breath it in for more than 30 seconds you start taking very rapid damage. However, you can hold it off using certain artifacts, spells, abilities, and items. This adds another level of strategic thinking to the mix.
The game will play sort of Dark Soul-sy in its pacing. You really have to think about attacks, and when to defend. Difficulty is definitely something we are focusing on in terms of balance. There will be a need to learn enemy attack patterns. On the art, a lot of focus is being put on enemies telegraphing their attacks.
Art style is rather simple at the moment. The minimalism is real in this one! We have not done our "beautification" yet, but we will be keeping this simple style. It simplifies animation, content creation, and eliminates the need for up/down animation (because of a lack of legs).
At the moment, we are working on the base systems, then finishing the town, then we will be working on dungeons. Still undecided if we will be tackling random dungeon generation or PCG for this jam. One month is still too short!
Stay tuned for weekly updates!