Swordust: Slow Burn

“Risk it for the biscuit,” they say. But what if every risk only leaves you with dust?

Swordust: Slow Burn is a 2D action boss-rush where every victory comes with a cost. You play as Tobius, a knight who risks his life fighting the No Life Demon, Naulit.

The more you fight, the weaker you become until only your sword and the dust remain. Fighting an enemy that doesn't even have a life to lose, you must decide: will you keep risking it, or will you finally let it go?

✦ Features

• Boss-Rush Combat : One boss in six fights, each embodying a stage of life from Childhood through Elderhood.

• The Cost of Victory : Grow weaker with each win; every triumph leaves you with less.

• A Story of Loss : Explore themes of memory, sacrifice, and the weight of risk.

• Atmospheric World – Signs, diaries, and whispers guide you through a cursed land.

• Choice at the End : Will you strike the final blow, or walk away?

• Will you risk it all, even if what remains is nothing but your Sword and the Dust?

<Controls>

• Attack: Hold/Press [LMB]

• Defend: Hold [RMB] or [D]

• Move: Hold [A] / [D] or [Left Arrow] / [Right Arrow]

• Run: Hold [Shift]

• Jump: Press [Spacebar], [W], or [Up Arrow] (Hold will make you jump higher)

• Dialogue/Interaction: Press [E] to progress dialogue or interact with signs

• Skip Dialogue: Press [Q]

• Pause Game: Click the [Pause Button] ([Esc] doesn't work here.)

• Level Select: Click the [Home Sprites] (Not home button...)
  

= Estimate play time 10 - 20 minutes. =

* If you get lost, try looking for the white pointer—it will show you the way. *

This game has three endings.
The first one requires completing the last level. Others just choose it.

Have fun! 

[ Credits ]

System:

Undertale Dialogue by https://www.patreon.com/cw/mostlymadproductions

Music:

Free - Knight 2D Pixel Art by  https://itch.io/profile/xzany

(Use as base sprite of all 5 knight sprites)

"World Map" by https://opengameart.org/users/scrabbit base on Scott Elliott

"Medieval Town" by https://opengameart.org/users/syncopika

"Ghost Town" by https://opengameart.org/users/tausdei

"Fight Amidst The Destruction" by Mega Pixel Music Lab megapixelmusiclab.com

"Last Fight" by https://opengameart.org/users/tad

SFX:

Foom by Bart.K

Burn Flesh by https://pixabay.com/users/u_xjrmmgxfru-47169417/

Jump and Landing by https://opengameart.org/users/leohpaz

Sword by https://pixabay.com/users/karim-nessim-40448081/

Violence Sword Slice by https://pixabay.com/users/dragon-studio-38165424/

Flame and Defend by https://pixabay.com/users/freesound_community-46691455/

Impact by https://opengameart.org/users/soundsnap

Footstep & Spell by https://opengameart.org/users/little-robot-sound-factory

Blazing fire by https://pixabay.com/users/soundreality-31074404/

Opening and closing a map by https://opengameart.org/users/spring-spring

Acid burn by https://opengameart.org/users/mikhog base on http://apollo-music.de/

Talk by https://www.patreon.com/cw/mostlymadproductions

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