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Mayhem is my PICO-8 remake of Julian Gollop's 1985 masterpiece: Chaos Battle of Wizards. It is a game I have tried and failed to make many times, but it looks like maybe this time was the charm! I did not blindly remake the original game. Instead, I have taken heavy inspiration from it while trying to make it my own.

This is the first fully playable beta release (v1.0.0b1). Unfortunately, I ran out of tokens for adding AI players, but you should be able to have some hot-seat fun with a friend or three.

Cart #mayhem-7 | 2020-08-22 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | No License
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Changes:

  • 2020/08/22 (v1.0.0b1):
    • First completely playable version of the game.
    • Hot seat only (I ran out of tokens to do AI as well).
  • 2020/07/27:
    • Walking & flying movement.
    • Primitive combat (attacker always wins for now for easy testing).
    • Winner screen.
    • Iterated a few times on selection and movement look & feel.
  • 2020/07/17:
    • Initial work on the main game - turn structure outlined.
  • 2020/07/14:
    • Added Balrog
    • Added Imp
    • Tweaks for Pegasus and Wraith
  • 2020/07/11:
    • Added title screen with logo text.
    • Added bestiary mode to test sprite identifiability.
    • Changed initial mode into the showcase, showing all sprites for one player.
    • Some small sprite tweaks based on feedback.
  • 2020/07/10:
    • Good tree
    • Evil tree
    • Neutral tree
    • Dark tower
    • Fortress
    • Gooey blob
  • 2020/07/09:
    • Crocodile
    • Gorilla
    • Lion
    • Zombie
    • Wraith
    • Ghost
    • Vampire
    • Horse
    • Pegasus
    • Unicorn
    • Dragon
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I did the identification game for you.

On the eagle, "crow" was also an option and I picked the wrong bird.
The vampire was a complete guess, but I happened to get it right.

Overall, the sprites are well-designed and easy to identify, but orcs, balrogs and imps are kind of difficult to identify since every fantasy work has a different definition or design for them.

Thank you very much for the feedback!

I'll try to think of some better alternatives for the ones that are ambiguous - there are a few of them. The Balrog was my solution to not being able to do three different dragons in 8x8, but I might have to try another idea like a Beholder instead.



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