A small action platformer with some roguelite elements (though not enough to be considered part of that genre).

The story and characters are loosely inspired by Paradise Lost. I had randomly been reading summaries and interpretations of the poem, and it fit well with the game jam's constraint, "become the villain". It plays with the idea that a villain and a hero are just different perspectives. Also, my first child was born two months ago, so the idea that a father would do anything for their daughter (perhaps even something villainous) plays a role here too.

Web builds are available as zips on the Releases page. Download the version you want and serve it locally with any static web server:

python3 -m http.server -d build/web

For keyboard and mouse:

Gamepad controls (recommended) are remappable.

Requires Odin and the Emscripten SDK at ~/emsdk.

# Web (primary target) — outputs to build/web/
bash build_web.sh

# Desktop — outputs to build/desktop/
bash build_desktop.sh

Found a bug? Open an issue on the Issues page with a description of what happened and steps to reproduce it. Screenshots or browser console logs are always helpful.

Odin + Raylib targeting WebAssembly (primary) and desktop. Virtual resolution is 640x360, rendered to an off-screen target then scaled to the window.

src/                    package "game" — all core game logic
  main_desktop/         desktop entry point (native game loop)
  main_web/             WASM entry point (exported procs called by JS)
dotmap/                 custom map file parser (independent library)

Custom tile map format in assets/maps/. A grid of single-char symbols between MAP_START/MAP_END, followed by a metadata block defining each symbol's tiles, passability, and key-value properties (e.g., spawn_point=player). The game reads metadata to place entities and determine collision.