Slime

This project's main purpose is to get familiar with the Godot game engine and Aseprite pixel art editor. Slime is a 2D top down puzzle game where you control a little slime and explore dungeons.

Game Goal

Go down dungeons with your little slime to acquire new powers and items. Clearing a dungeon level consist of figuring out a puzzle.

Phase I

Single player
Support both keyboard/mouse and joystick controls
Skills progression tree
One dungeon
Focus on PC version, though Godot offers more possibilities
Start page with a few customizable options (sound, graphics, save & load)
Focus on good player controls, flow must be pleasant

Phase II

Expand main map
More dungeons
More skills
Improve graphics
Add sounds
Add little story
Allow player to interact with world more (breakable stuff, leave trace on ground when walking, etc...). Increases feeling of being able to control the world a bit
Deploy game to a platform

Phase III

Multiplayer
Easter eggs
Achievements
Collectable items
NPCs and quests
Customizable slime look (e.g. little hats, glasses)
Configurable controls

Out of Scope

Enemies / fighting
Inventory management / chests

Tech Details

Using Godot Engine v4.0.beta1.official [20d667284]
Using Aseprite v1.x-dev