Hello there,
Recently i've released Beta version for testing purposes. The game called Smintheus - Adventurous 2D Puzzle game where you build your way out to the solutions. Game offers classical puzzles as well as "Smintheus-style" puzzles where solution lies through building various gadgets. There is some fighting as well - the main antagonist together with other hostile creatures will try their best to interfere with your progress.
I really could use your help: bug reports, criticism and opinions. Any kind of feedback is appreciated.
Download (Win): Smintheus Beta v0.9c - *.rar (44.0 Mb) (Windows)
Download (Linux): Smintheus Beta v0.9d - *.rar (50 Mb) (Linux)
Beta Limitations:
The game experiences beta stage so expect some faults. However these faults are minor and won't destroy your experience... i think :X
- Startup Main Menu is minimal: black screen and text buttons on the center of the screen
- Music is absent: Instead you have nice ambient sound effects.
- Undone Assets: Some stuff lacks animation or SFX
- Limited Levels: 24 levels of planned 42 are done.
- Few options that don't work: Control type (Only Keyboard & Mouse) and no volume for ambient sounds
Controls:
There are two ways to play this game: using mouse or keyboard. You can combine controls if that fits your needs.
So, with mouse's left click you perform most actions: from interacting with game object to selecting stuff. There is only case where right click works - clicking on protagonist will show you Fastbuild menu, designed to fasten building process. Double click on character pops up Inventory screen. Apart from clicking there is smart cast feature - left click and hold on character, move cursor away and releasing will result to fast attack, sawing objects and shooting. The game was designed specially for this kind of control.
I had private testing few months ago and people who played this complained that there is no keyboard. There is now. Here is a full list of keys. Keep in mind you can remap keys in the "Options > Controls > Keyboard Mapping" section.
WASD - Movement
1 - Select Wrench
2 - Select Saw
3 - Select Pistol
4 - Select Sword
F - Confirm / Select / Use Item
Q - Access Fastbuild menu
Left Shift - holding it with put you in a "selection state". Shift + WASD will make you interact with passable objects such as Bombs or unfinished constructions.
Tab - Access Inventory Screen or Go back in menus.
F5 - Quick Save
F9 - Quick Load
Note: Check out options menu, it has a lot of options that can be tweaked to ease your gameplay experience.
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