Runes of the Guardian
Runes of the Guardian is a top-down twin-stick shooter game. Play as the lone guardian among what is left of a war-torn town, and defend yourself from endlessly falling bombs by using runes - magical circles that give special powers to bullets.
Play inside your browser. A downloadable Windows version is also available.
This game was created as part of the National Film and Television School (NFTS) MA Game Design's Code Camp module.
Controls
Move - WASD
Shoot - Left mouse button
Cancel/Pause - Right mouse button/Escape
Use rune - Space
Credits
Design & Programming
Wen "Daniel" Jin
Composing
Harpal Mudhar
Special Thanks to
NFTS Games 2023
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Hey! I reviewed this live on stream and wanted to leave behind a review! This has a super cool art style to it and a really interesting arcade gameplay style! It wasn't exactly what I expected when I downloaded it however it was a super fun short arcade game!
Gameplay + Review:
Hey, thank you so much for taking the time to play and review my game! The feedback was great, glad you enjoy the artstyle, and I definitely agree that the game could have had more complex mechanics and enemy variety. Glad you had fun and thanks again for playing!
My pleasure! It’s something I love doing just checking out newer indie games! Thank you for making your game I wish you the best in your future projects! Feel free to leave me a comment etc. if you release something and you want me to check it out!
Obviously I recognize this was likely a school project so time was limited so more complex mechanics etc. weren’t possible. With what was there I really didn’t have any complaints it was such a cool concept. The big barrels were really unexpected 😂.