Gotta Have Faith (Prototype)

Narrative 

Theodric the Pure has been tasked with a holy duty to rid the Abbey of invading Deamons and their minions. Armed with his steadfast faith and God given abilities he must withstand the perilous waves of attacks to banish the evil that disturbs his vow of solitude. 

Basic Information 

Genre: Bullet Hell/Rouge-like. Art Style: 2.5D Cell-Shaded. 

Main Character: Theodric the Pure. Gothic Monk.

Signature Mechanic: Anti-Boss Battle. (You have no weapons/attacks, Boss health is drained while you evade its attacks, if you are hit the boss gains the amount life depending on how much Faith you lose via damage).

Gameplay: The game is broken into 2 level types.

Platformer: Evade waves of small enemies as you traverse the level and collect sacred artifacts. The number of artifacts collected informs the percentage of buffs/de-buffs for the upcoming boss battle. The number of hits taken by enemies sets your faith level for the upcoming boss battle.

Level length: 1-2 minutes.

Transition: Choose Buff/De-buff category for the Boss battle. Buff/De-buffs will affect a selection of player speed, jump height, slide length, and ability cool down timers.

Boss Battle: You have no weapons/attacks, Boss health drained while you evade its attacks, if you are hit by the boss’ attack the boss gains life equal to the amount of damage they have inflicted on your faith level. Boss attacks are bullet hell particle waves. If you run out of Faith, you respawn at the start of the previous platformer level where you must rebuild your faith in order to face the boss again.

Fight Length: 5 – 7 minutes.

Player Locomotion: Move (left, right, up, down), Sprint, Slide, Dodge, Jump

Player Abilities: 

Slow Time - (Slows time to help the player evade attacks). 
Shield - (Creates a force field around the player to block overwhelming attacks). 

Controls 

Keyboard: 

Movement - WASD
Jump - Space
Dash - Up Arrow
Sprint -Down Arrow
Slow Time - Left Arrow
Shield - Right Arrow
Pause - Escape

Gamepad (X-Box): 

Movement - Left Stick
Jump - A
Dash - X
Sprint - Right Trigger
Slow Time - Y
Shield - B
Pause - Menu/Options

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