Role of Dice

Role of Dice is a soulslike action game prototype where you are a dice. The number on the dice defines your role. And when you roll in combat,  then your role (class) changes. Submitted as part of the 2022 GMTK Game Jam. 

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Make it to the end of the board! Watch out for the enemy! The red bar represents your health. Run out of health and you have to start over!
• You can roll when you have full meter. You can overcharge your meter to see what your next role will be. 
• You can charge meter over time, or by using Dice. Pick up Dice in the world, and then Consume them to instantly gain full meter. Consuming a dice while already at full meter will "reroll" your next role, so you will turn into the role represented to the right of the blue bar. 
• You can store up to three dice. Picking up additional dice after the third will automatically consume it.
• If you try to roll without meter, but you have a dice, you will roll and expend one of your dice.
• Rolling also heals you!
• Press ESC or Select to quit the game.

KNOWN ISSUES:

• Paladin, Thief, and Lancer cannot attack right now.
• Wizard's Lightning Bolt isn't working, but the animation is playing. 
• Ranger's arrows don't have working textures. They do have hitboxes that damage the enemy, but the enemy can damage and treat as a part of the player. 
• Gamepad Controls are not displayed, if using a gamepad. 
• You can enter an infinite falling animation when performing certain actions on uneven ground. 
• The overcharge icon is not always transparent and does not show overcharge progress.
• Enemies sometimes deal no damage.
• The roll comes out incredibly slowly and is missing invincibility-frames and doesn't travel far.

FUTURE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO BUT IRL STUFF HAPPENED BEFORE THE DEADLINE

• Fixing the above issues
• Lock on
• More than one enemy
• Textures/background
• More than one level
• (working) Combo attacks
• Add music or other game stuff
• A boss or something
• A core mechanic of getting meter when you attack enemies.
•  Enemies dropping dice when defeated. 

Art Credits

Bowl by Poly by Google via Poly Pizza

chessboard by Chris Braeuer via Poly Pizza

Pawn by Poly by Google via Poly Pizza

Lamp Round Table by Kenney

Most animations are from Maximo.com.