Laser Knight
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
The Story
It's a peaceful day inside the castle of King Spacetholomew. The inhabitants of the castle are feasting and dancing to celebrate the King's birthday inside the throne room: a yearly tradition said to bring wealth and peace in the year to come.
Suddenly, the ground starts shaking and the celebrations are interrupted by a loud noise. "Sire, we've been attacked!".
There has been an invasion. Plasma Knight and his evil army of Hobbits, Ogres and Golems have captured the castle.
Shocked, but not surprised the King calls upon his most loyal and powerful knight to fend off the enemy. Help us Laser Knight!
How to Play
Explore the castle and defeat your enemies with a short list of commands!
Controller
- Left stick to move
- A (Cross) to jump
- RT (R2) to sprint
- B (Round) to roll
- X (Square) to attack
- LT (L2) to block
- RB (R1) to use potions
- Start to pause the game
Keyboard / Keyboard and Mouse
- WASD or Arrow Keys to move
- Spacebar to jump
- Left Shift to sprint
- C or Ctrl to roll
- J or Left Mouse to attack
- L or Right Mouse to block
- E to use potions
- Esc to pause the game
The Team
This game was made as a project for the Videogame Design and Programming course at Politecnico di Milano by the following people:
- Riccardo Rossi - Team Leader, Lead Developer, Music Designer
- Alessio Ferrara - Developer
- Kristina Ropi - Developer
- Haotian Zhang - Developer
The visual art was mostly downloaded from free-to-use asset packs available on the web and improvised by us.
We will release a list with credits to the artists whose work we used in the final version of the game.
The Future
This will be the last version of Laser Knight developed for the course of Videogame Design and Programming at Politecnico di Milano.
The game was awarded with a 30 Cum Laude out of 30 mark.
It is not excluded that the game will be updated in the future. In the mean time, the team will move on with other projects.
Thank you for being a part of this Wonderful Adventure at Game Development <3
Yours Sincerely,
The Laser Knight Team
Download
Install instructions
Windows
- Download LaserKnight_Final_win.zip file
- Extract it inside a folder
- Open the folder and execute LaserKnight.exe
- Enjoy! :)
MacOS
- Download LaserKnight_Final_macos.zip file
- Extract it inside a folder
- Open the folder and execute LaserKnight_Beta_macos.app
- Enjoy! :)
- PS: if MacOS cannot open the file because it cannot check it for viruses, just Right Click on the file -> Open and then just click on "Open" on the prompt that pops up
Development log
- Laser Knight Beta!Jan 09, 2023
Comments
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I think this game has a lot of potential! I like the concept of having 2D characters in a 3D space, the controls are easy and intuitive and the hitboxes work well, I've played with a joystick and I much appreciate the fact that this is a possibility instead of having just keyboard controls. For me the "special attack" was a bit underwhelming and can be improved (I know this is not the final version so maybe you would have changed it anyway). I also think that the lights on the ceiling and above the doorways look too futuristic compared to the rest of the environment: I would consider replacing them with torches or candles, something that fits more the castle vibe, the same goes for the glass panel in the room with the platforms (perhaps iron bars would look more coherent), but maybe there's a reason behind this esthetic choice and I just don't know it. Nevertheless I had fun playing the game and it's very promising, one of the best I've played so far from the Polimi Game Collective. Looking forward to the final version! ✨