Orc Stopper

This was 1/3 Game Jams for my Commercial Games Development module that i was put into a small team for.

Orc Stopper was a 'demake' of the game Orcs Must Die! By Robot Entertainment. The project focused on achieving an Atari-2600 feel and aesthetic while still allowing players to reach the in game flow. To make the game seem like it was made for the Atari 2600, our team researched the limits of the system, and how you could only have two sprites (and three clones of each one) on a single scan line. Three lanes achieved this perfectly, restricting the playing field to what the graphics would allow.

Gameplay consisted of two phases, which repeated with increasing difficulty. The first phase was the combat phase, in which waves of orcs descended on the player, who had to shoot them before they reach the player. Afterwards you enter a strategy phase where you spend earned money on traps to aid you in the combat phase.