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 !

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

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

Controls :

• D-pad : move around and interact
• A button : attack
• Crank : replenish your energy

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 !

Special thanks to SquidGod, Mateusz Michalak, Orkn and Qhoang (I might be forgetting some people) for the tutorials, documentation and help they provided which made this game possible !

Banana.

Devlogs :

• v0.8 : first complete version of the game published 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