Practice Round

Fast paced, lighthearted prototype action hack n slash game inspired by DMC (but with a simplified control scheme).  Currently consists of a single boss fight. Two difficulty levels, story and challenge.  Will probably receive some post jam updates for some rushed content.

2 different happy endings depending on whether you win or lose.

The regular practiceroundexport download is recommended first since it looks better and has more options for performance. If you have issues due to a Vulkan error, try practiceroundopengl.

Controls:

Esc: Key configuration, pause

Default controls (change these by pressing Esc)

Arrow keys: Movement, move between options on dialogue

A: Attack

S: Launch Attack

D: Dash/Dodge

T: Weapon Swap

R: Interact/select choice in dialogue

O: Change camera to a static camera instead of one that follows the enemy

E: Rotate camera right (static camera only)

Q: Rotate camera left (static camera only)

Space: Jump

Mouse: menu screen, config key select

Please note that when you press start, it may appear to hang, but it is loading. I wasn't able to implement a loading screen in time.

Tips and tricks:

Launch does different things depending on whether you're in the air or on the ground. 

All dashes for the player have invincibility at the beginning of their animations. 

When a red flowy aura is floating around a character, they are invincible. 

When you see a pulsing yellow sphere next to your character, you have access to a special long ranged weapon. Press weapon swap key to swap to it.

the special weapon recharges every 30 seconds for both characters. It has a limit of 15 attacks. The boss also has access to a special weapon and has two extra attacks and hits harder.

If you get hit 3 times in a row, you lose your special weapon!

If you hit the boss 5 times in a row, she loses her special weapon.

Every attack has a knockdown value. When this knockdown value hits a max value, the character automatically falls down, allowing them to get away. Air attacks have less knockdown, so launch your enemies for longer combos. 

Look for openings, Sera will block or dodge your attack if you attack her when she's idle or running around.

Try exploring weapon swaps during a combo, there's a special sword attack in there somewhere.

Credits:

Mayra: Music

June: Playtesting, sound effects

Autumn V: Playtesting

potatoptarmigan: 3d art, 2d sprites, cgs, sound effects, animation, writing, programming

https://polyhaven.com/hdris: the prototype skybox

Sound effects edited from clips downloaded from Freesound with cc0 license, full list of credits: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/znid6rzlgmsykohn6wo01/list_of_freesound_cc0_credi...

Notes: There's a lot of prototype/rougher assets left in due to the jam deadline. This project may or may not be continued based on demand. 

If you are using a budget laptop, its highly recommended to turn the graphics setting slider all the way down and restart the game.