====================================================================== HUMBLED a NES demo game for Byte-Off III by kevin81 and JollyShadow Powered by NESmaker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- After saving the Herxodus kingdom from the evil Gemmyr's attack, our hero Lyndsia mentally descends into a path of egotism. Lyndsia's arrogance provokes the Deity of Herxodus to interfere and teach Lyndsia a lifeworthy lesson in humility. When Lyndsia wakes up, she finds she has been stripped off all of the heroic qualities she used to posess, scattered throughout the kingdom in eight magic artefacts. Now Lyndsia is off on a quest, looking to revive her lost powers. ====================================================================== GAMEPLAY You are Lyndsia, heroine of Herxodus. Your capabilities are initially limited to walking. Each artefact you’ll find will add an ability to your arsenal. Abilities include jumping, attacking and crouching, to name a few. The goal of the game is to retrieve all eight artefacts to revive all your powers and abilities. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure is contemplating on taking over the Herxodus kingdom. Use all your abilities wisely to stop this person from executing their evil plan and save the kingdom once more. ====================================================================== DISCLAIMER This game is a demo, created for Byte-Off III. There will be some quirks and bugs you encounter while you are playing the game. If you get stuck, press SELECT to return to the latest checkpoint. ====================================================================== CONTROLS LEFT: Walk left RIGHT: Walk right UP: Enter doors DOWN: Crouch DOWN+LEFT: Roll left DOWN+RIGHT: Roll right A: Jump, Double Jump (while in air), Progress cut scene B: Attack START: Skip cut scene SELECT: Teleport to last checkpoint ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WALK Press left or right on the controller’s D-pad to make Lyndsia walk left or right. Required artefact: none ENTER Press up on the D-pad to enter doors across the kingdom. Required artefact: none TELEPORT Press SELECT to teleport to the latest checkpoint in case you get stuck. Required artefact: none ATTACK Press the B button on your controller to fire magic beams across the kingdom. Required artefact: Attack  JUMP Press the A button on the controller to make Lyndsia jump in the air. Required artefact: Jump DOUBLE JUMP While in the air, press the A button again to jump even higher. Required artefacts: Jump, Double Jump   CROUCH Press down on the controller’s D-pad to crouch. Required artefact: Crouch ROLL While crouching, press left or right on the D-pad to roll left or right. Required artefacts: Crouch, Roll ====================================================================== THE KINGDOM The overworld of Herxodus is an ancient city with a view over the massive castle. Many artefacts can be found here, although they may not be accessible at first. Upgrade your abilities and search for the lost abilities. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ETERNAL PIT Watch out for the many eternal pits of doom across the kingdom. Falling in a pit will definitely take you aback in your quest. CANNON BALL The castle's cannons are constantly firing cannon balls. Avoid those if you want to keep living. RAMHORN These creatures will storm at you as soon as they see you. Dodge them, or attack them with your magic beam. BOULDER Watch out for rolling boulders across the kingdom, these will take you out for sure. Luckily, these boulders are pretty soft, so you can take them out with your magic attack. ====================================================================== THE CASTLE The Castle of Herxodus is one booby-trapped place, riddled with hazards like spikes, lava pits and other dangerous traps. Tread with caution. You will find the most important artefact, the Eye of Herxodus, in this building. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LAVA PIT These pits will burn you alive if you fall into them. Avoid them at all costs. LAVARAM Some lava pits have fiery ram creatures living inside of them. They may jump at you unexpectedly. Legend says these rams have water based cousins as well. SPIKED BEAM Somewhere in the castle, a huge wooden spiked beam has protruded the walls. But ther must be a way to get past this beam. SPIKE TRAPS This castle really is booby-trapped to the brim! Avoid the various traps, like saw blades and wolf clips, scattered throughout the castle. ====================================================================== THE TEMPLE This damp temple is about to be reclaimed by nature. That alone makes this a hazardous place to wander around, with pits and water all around. Legend says that the temple has been cursed, so enter on your own risk. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CURSED STATUE These cursed statues will do anything to keep people from entering the temple. Avoid their water attacks if you want to stay alive. TEMPLE SPIRITS These haunted creatures were mental healers once. Nowadays, they are here to protect the temple from unwanted visitors. ====================================================================== CREDITS HUMBLED a NES demo game for Byte-Off III, by kevin81 (concept, programming, music and sound effects) and JollyShadow (narrative and graphics) Powered by NESmaker - https://thenew8bitheroes.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL THANKS Feedback assistance: Alex.B, CutterCross, Del, Detno, FinalMint, Lindsey, Logana, Pipertheviper, Tcubed Development assistance: 5kids2feed, AllDarnDavey, Bucket Mouse, ChroniclerOfLegends, CluckFox, Dale Coop, JamesNES, Jonny Dickinson, Pierski, SciNEStist https://nesmakers.com Typography: Mach4 Wide (DamienG, ZX Origins) https://damieng.com/typography/zx-origins/mach4 Gemmyr visual: based on The Ancient Dragon, by Surt and Redshrike https://opengameart.org/content/rpg-enemies-11-dragons Manual artwork: photo by Eberhard Grossgasteiger https://pexels.com/nl-nl/foto/brown-castle-1699020/ ====================================================================== ~ 2022 (c) kevin81 & JollyShadow ~ ======================================================================