Submission for Holojam #5!
https://itch.io/jam/holojam-5

Created by: emptyhaven, Brine, Kormex, half_metalelf

How to play

Waves of Stains will try to reach Libestal's king and corrupt him! Summon Libestan soldiers to help hold off the Stains. Beware: if the Stains get too close to the king, they will ignore you and your soldiers and rush him! Use your summons to intercept the waves before they reach him.

See the controls menu in-game for what buttons to press.

Song credits

This project includes covers of:
Start Again by Hololive English
Violet by Ninomae Ina'nis

Sound Credits

https://freesound.org/people/pigeonfriend/sounds/715067/
https://freesound.org/people/j1987/sounds/532139/
https://freesound.org/people/marb7e/sounds/620354/
https://freesound.org/people/beerbelly38/sounds/362349/

https://freesound.org/people/ryusa/sounds/531088/
https://freesound.org/people/ryusa/sounds/531081/

Download

Download
The Pearlless Knight's Peril.zip 5.7 MB

Development log

Comments

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I'm a really big fan of these sorts of tower defense games where you can actively participate outside of just placing down defenses, and this was a fun take on it!

Really enjoy that you can run around to buff your summons and heal them, though on the last couple of larger maps, having to trek back and forth can be a little tedious if you place your units closer to the portals rather than the king.

The stained king fight at the end wasn't something I was expecting, though it was a fun fight. He went down a little quick since you've got your starting summon points upgrades that take effect, so you can just kinda spam down summons and chunk him down really quickly, I barely even got to see the ads start spawning before I had killed him.

Also the remixes were really good, funky Start Again was not on my list of songs I expected to hear, but I was really vibing with it!

Lastly, sometimes the stains would just bee line straight to the king, even if they weren't inside his little circle, not sure what was happening there, guess they just really wanted him, and it only happened once or twice.

Would love to see some more units and upgrades added after the judging period is over, if the team continues to work on the project.