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Good short metroidvania! 
I literally had to go up and down to find every powerups and blood shard to enter Eye's domain. But I got them all and managed to face the Eye 
BTW I should've be more careful with giant propellers 
New world without I & U
Looking forward to the release of this game, it is visually very beautiful (despite its simple graphics) and seems to have interesting gameplay.
Nice game. Really enjoyed it. Took a while to find that last blood shard. And I didn't realize the yellow blocks gave me life.
I just played this game, and I just loved it. It's great to explore every part of the map, and the portal mechanics are very well designed. I really recommend this game, I haven't finished yet, I couldn't find the last piece to make the blood gem. But it's a great game.
Loving the classic megaman metroidvania type look to this game! I'd love to write some music for it if that's something your interested in.
You can find my portfolio at chrisinstonmusic.com/composition
Look forward to seeing more
Kind Regards,
Chris Inston
IMPORTANT:
If the keyboard does not work, move the mouse cursor around the screen. It should take the focus and thus make the keyboard work, although you might need to move the cursor outside the game canvas.
They stopped believing in their own god... They decided they need a god no longer... They built a huge flying palace to rival their own god.
It was a mistake.
A Palace for Fools is a short metroidvania game with gameplay inspired by Mega Man games on NES. Explore the flying palace; shoot enemies; learn new skills and use them to reach places you couldn't reach before; travel to the past.
Saving the game
The game lets you save your progress. The progress is stored locally to your computer using a thing called "local storage". It is not persistent, so clearing up your browser's history etc. will remove the game saves.
Controls
( × ) means a button in a gamepad. See below.
Arrow keys or left analogue stick or dpad: Move and climb
Z or (A) : Jump.
Jump button on air: If you have a rocket pack, you can press the jump button again on air to use "fly".
Down + jump button: slide. A jar of lubricant is required.
X or (X): Shoot (requires a hand cannon).
Hold shoot button and release: Shoots a bigger, stronger bullet. Requires an improved hand cannon
Shift or (Back): Open a map, if you have one.
Enter or (Start): Open the pause menu. If you get stuck, you can find "Respawn" option there.
Gamepad support
Xbox-like gamepad are supported, at least most (or some?) of them. Should work on Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Opera etc.) and Firefox, although there might be issues on Firefox. Before you can use the gamepad, you must press any gamepad key to make the game recognize your gamepad.
Supported browsers
Chromium-based browsers: Chrome, Opera etc
Firefox
Might work on Edge. Does not work on Internet Explorer or Safari.
Source code on Github: https://github.com/jani-nykanen/a-palace-for-fools
#metroidvania #pixelart #platformer #retro #shooter #action #exploration #somefunnytaghere
Version 0.9.2 is out now.
It's not 1.0.0 just because there might be some game-breaking bugs I haven't found yet (so if you find them, let me know!), but all the content is there.
E P I C
You might think that since I have final boss done, the game is always finished? Well, yes and no, I still haven't started doing the actual game maps, I have only test areas...
I'm just posting this to show that, yes, I'm making some progress (not much, but little). I have mostly fixed some bugs and other things that aren't "giffable". I might be able to finish this thing before the next year.
I still don't have too much time to work on this project, but I'm still going to (try to) finish it by Christmas.
I added a new type of portal that will send the player to the final area of the game.
New things:
- Map (it shows the map of the whole area, but only the solid tiles, not items or anything)
- Blood shards that you need to collect to craft a blood gem
- Better graphics for the title
- ...and some minor things?
