Aurora : Oasis Adventure

Aurora : Oasis Adventure is an action-adventure game for the Playdate in the vein of the first Legend of Zelda game and made with Pulp !

You play a character inspired by oldschool robot toys with a crank on its back and you wake up in an oasis on a desert world. Here you will meet the Caravan, a group of people stuck there because of a sandstorm and you will be asked to help them find their lost companions.

It will be up to you to explore the Oasis, its 125ish rooms and its dungeons in order to save the Caravan !

The last funny little twist is when you finish the game : try the Randomized mode allowing you rediscover the game with all items swapped ramdomly !

I have made this game with Pulp with zero prior coding experience. I'm happy with what I've made even though it is not perfect but it matches well my love for the Playdate !

The first playthrough should take you between 1 and 2 hours.

Controls :

• D-pad : move around and interact
• A button : attack
• B button : quick travel (once unlocked)
• Crank : replenish your energy

Special thanks to SquidGod, Mateusz Michalak, Orkn, Qhoang, FriedPotato, KRAZ, my brother Vincent and all the great people on the Playdate Discord server for the tutorials, documentation, help they provided and playtesting which made this game possible !

I hope you will enjoy the game, and if you do, do not hesitate to  say so here or to tell me on the Playdate Discord :)

If you find bugs, please tell me so I can try to fix them !

Banana.

Devlogs :

• v0.8 : first complete version of the game available on Itch !
• v0.9 :
  • When you die you now respawn at your last saved location
    
  • Ennemies no longer overlap your character,  instead they attack from the side
  • Arrows now disapear when in contact with the Player
• v0.10 : 
  • Performance improvements
  • Decreased crank sensitivity
• v0.11 : 
  • Invulnerability frames
    
  • Small animation after defeating an ennemy
  • You can now see the Player behind lamps
• v0.12 : 
  • Performance improvements
    
  • Increased Caravan camp size
  • Added side quest !
  • Added quick travel item : teleport staff !
  • TP staff replaces Iron boots in the randomized mode
• v0.13 : 
  • Performance improvements in moving platforms rooms
    
  • Fixed moving platforms mechanics so you can't "break" them anymore
  • Corrected immunity status bug
  • Fixed hole in the second dungeon
• v0.14 : 
  • French translation available !
    
  • Levers can no longer be switched back
  • Player can't move anymore when energy is depleted
• v0.15 : 
  • Warning message before starting a new game
    
  • Musics !
  • Fixed bugs on Bosses
  • Making doors in skeleton dungeon more obvious
  • Increased skeletons damage
  • Ennemies can now move on different tiles
  • Controls menu on starting screen
  • Performance improvements
  • Final dungeon reworked
  • Better sound balance
• v1.0 (inc) : 
  • Official release !
  • Fixed some swap behaviors
  • Improved sword animation against ennemies
  • Tweaked shop prices