Oliver the Dice Master

Oliver, The Dice Master

"OLIVER THE DICE MASTER" is a  Kirby-inspired platformer centering around dice-throwing. Play as Oliver, battling through levels, collecting dice, and using them to defeat numbered enemies. 

This was my entry to GMTK Game Jam 2022 for the theme "ROLL OF THE DICE". I think it turned out really well. Feel free to rate the game or leave a comment!😀

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Rules:

• Find dice in chests and use your use dice points (shown above hearts) to roll the dice. Each roll costs 1 dice point.
• If you roll a 6, you gain 1 dice point. But if you run out of dice points while enemies still remain, you lose.
  
• Attack enemies with rolled dice by equipping dice and pressing X.
• Each enemy has a number over its head representing the total number of the dice combination needed to defeat it.
• Defeat all enemies in a level to unlock the portal!

Controls:

 ←  →  (A D) -  move,  ↑  (W) - jump 

Z - Select, Interact, Open Inventory

X - Go Back, Attack (When equipped)

You can also play with any USB or Bluetooth-connected gamepad (click the gamepad button in the bottom-right of the controls screen to see instructions.)

Reporting Bugs

Feel free to create a topic for any bugs in the discussion board, but keep in mind that I will not create any new bug fix releases until the jam voting period has ended.

The game was supposed to have 6 enemies in total (I drew them, but didn't have time to add them) and many more levels. What's there is an enjoyable demo that is sure to contain bugs that somehow made it through playtesting.

Credits

The game was developed during the 48-hour game jam.

• All art made by me in Aseprite (during the jam).
• Music is by Wolfgang on opengameart.org
• Sound effects from Kenney.nl or made by me using jfxr (during the jam)
• @awesomeosep for help with playtesting

I would highly appreciate it if you rated the game. <3