Wolfhunter is an where you play as a hunter facing off against a werewolf, in a Pokemon-like combat sequence.
You have magic spells and single-use items at your disposal, but the wolf is very powerful. The only way to kill it is to weaken it with your attacks, then finish it off with a silver-knife (which you only have one shot at).
It is made with PICO-8, and can be played directly in your browser here.
> The motif and design of the game was based on the word "Moonshot", which was the theme of GitHub's GameOff 2020 game jam.
Gameplay
I set out to make a game loop that felt similar to the combat in Pokemon Red/Blue, which was the most popular title on the original Nintendo Gameboy.
The characters stand opposite each other, and take turns to fight. There's a bunch of other mechanics too, like strengths/weaknesses, status effects, and switching characters.
For Wolfhunter, I copied the scene layout, the turn based fighting, and the status effects. I didn't have a chance to implement other aspects of Pokemon — so instead I doubled down on the mechanics I did implement.
I've written up a more detailed technical post in my blog here. Source code is available on GitHub.
this is a very well thought out little game. due to the absence of growth mechanics, it feels a lot like a puzzle, but solving it by learning the proper counters has a nice rhythm to it and feels fun. good job!
Going to play this over the holidays!
BTW I saw your character on your blog post about pico8 and immediately thought about Napoléon, so I made this version:
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Would it be OK to use it in a game? (can’t say when, many projects already, but will let you know when I make it)
@sol: Thanks! You're right about it being more like a puzzle than an RPG at this point.
@merwork: Ha! Cute sprite. It's your creation, so you don't have to ask me to use it, but I appreciate the thought :)
Found this and got excited when I saw that it was based on pokemon. Sadly, it doesn't work now. I hope that you can fix it, but it's ok if you don't (three years later)
this is an awesome little game and addicting to me for some reason.
it's possible to kill the werewolf with the crossbow if it has 1 HP, not sure if this was intentional.
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