Magical Girl Star Sparkle

Game made for the Magical Girl Game Jam! The chosen theme was "I'm not afraid of anything anymore".

MacOS and Linux versions: Supported, but untested!

Magical Girl Star Sparkle... FIGHT!

A casual stroll turns into life-threatening danger for Rose, our typical anime schoolgirl. Shadowy monsters attack unprovoked!

Scared, she runs away... only to find the Pink Medallion, the relic that allows her to fight back... with the power of Pink! She turns into the wonderful Magical Girl Star Sparkle to fight against evil, for the good of everyone!

Her staff allows her to attack enemies by summoning a heart projectile that contains all her love. It can also be used in a more direct manner, by bashing them in the head with magic! Enemies can be comboed to be quickly dispatched. 

The forces of evil will not rest. They will send all their forces to get you. So fight! For the future of the world! Believe in yourself, and remember... everything will be OK! Don't be afraid!

Are you wondering what the kanji means on the title screen? Has Google translate failed you? Don't worry! It's pure gibberish!

Controls

Controllers are supported. The use of a D-Pad instead of an analog stick is recommended, but both are supported. The X-Box controller layout is presented, but more controllers are supported.
You can also move with WASD instead of the arrow keys, but the arrow keys are recommended.

• Arrow keys / D-Pad - Move your character.
• Spacebar / "A" button - Jump.
• Ctrl / "X" button - Attack. Press control up to 3 times in a row for a powerful 3-hit combo! Don't 
• Shift / "B" - Shoot hearts. You can attack enemies at a distance!
• Esc - Pause menu.

Don't forget: You can hit multiple enemies at once! Don't let them gang up on you: instead, you gang up on them! Single-handedly!

You can also attack while jumping! You're not defenseless in the air!

Source Code

Source code will be made available at a later date, as it won't be ready by the time the jam ends. But you can message me to request the source code at any time.

The game was made using Godot 3.2 (Mono-compatible).