Dream Preserver

You're a sheep on duty to prevent a nice autumn dream from going under. Defeat nightmares and scale the big baddie to keep the dream dreamy! Made in two weeks for the PIGSquad Summer Slow Jams Boss Fight Jam. Creative theme: Dreams and Nightmares.

*Climbing can be sticky. Jump for a quick reset, or there's a kill switch in the pause menu if things get wild. 

Controls

ESC: Toggle pause (also has controls)

WASD: Move

Space: Jump (also while climbing)

L Shift: Run

L Click: Attack (spam for combos / air attack)

Mouse: Camera

Scroll: Zoom

Pro Tips

Pumpkins = projectiles.

Fur = climbable.

Jumping near a fence (especially while running) = super jump.

Solo-dev project

Most* animations

Fur and ground texture

Skybox

Music / SFX done in FLStudio

Art done in Blender

Development

I had two things in my head while making this: I'm stoked it's autumn, and I really want to play Shadow of the Colossus again. I tried to capture both things in a very limited amount of time. See the devlog for details on the trials and errors of SotC climbing mechanics!