Holy Arrow

CONTROLS

Keyboard controls

• Left arrow key - Move left
• Right arrow key - Move right
• Action keys (on ground) - Jump
• Action keys (on air) - Shoot

Action keys are Z/X/Spacebar

Gamepad

• Left analog stick or Dpad - Move left/right
• Face buttons - Jump/Shoot

Touch Controls are supported.

FEATURES

Holy Arrow is a single screen action arcade game with beautiful 16-bit style graphics and music

• Colourful 16-bit style sprites.
• Poppy FM synth music.
• Simple arcade style gameplay.

You play as an aspiring superhero who must win her admission into the Superhero Alliance by going through the ritual of defending the planet from an alien invasion!

Once every 10 years, aliens invade the planet to try and conquer it. The aliens are pretty weak for most of our planet's superheroes so the Superhero Alliance takes this chance to let newcomers prove their worth and join the Alliance, by successfully fending off the invaders they'll be allowed into the alliance: this is called the Ritual of Admission. A superhero called Holy Arrow stepped up to the task, and must now try to survive, win her prestige and defend the planet all at once!

HISTORY

The game was originally developed during the Global Game Jam 2016 event. You can find the GGJ version by clicking here. 

Throughout the years it has been featured in multiple local events in various versions with the most "final" one being the old published version.

I was never quite satisfied with how the game ended.

And how my unwillingness to include basic features like widescreen, proper controller and touch device support has been holding it back.

I decided to get back at it one last time, reverting a few decisions that slowed the game down and bringing it closer to how fast and addictive the original Game Jam version was.

CREDITS

Pal - Game Design, Sprite Design, Music Arrangement, Programming.

Sapo de Batalla - Original Music Composition.

boomlinde - Sound Effects.

surt - Tile Art.