Axoteque

Team 10's submission for Studio Jam, under the theme "Break the Cycle"

Axoteque is a disco-themed tile-based rhythm game where you play as an axolotl trying to win a dance battle! 

There wasn't time for a tutorial, so please read the instructions below!

Everything moves to the beat - both you and the enemies. Deal damage or knock them into each other to defeat them! (Currently the move windows are slightly ahead of the beat D:)

All enemy dancers move in a predefined cycle around a central dancer or a boombox - defeating the center dancer will defeat all dancers following it.

Use arrow keys to move and to complete cool combos!

When the metronome at the bottom of the screen starts blinking, that means you have 1 health, so be careful not to get out-danced!

Keypresses:

  up arrow + left arrow

  up arrow + right arrow

  down arrow + left arrow

  down arrow + right arrow

  up arrow + down arrow

  left arrow + right arrow

You have a number of abilities that are activated through a series of keypresses:

Attack       does damage to an enemy dancer! (Range: 1)

Convert       converts enemy dancers to be your backup dancers if their health is low enough! (Range: 1)

Slow Down       slows down the beat of an enemy dancer! (Range: 3)

Speed Up       speeds up the beat of an enemy dancer! (Range: 3)

Reverse      reverses the direction of an enemy dancer! (Range: 3)

Freeze         freezes an enemy dancer for a few beats! (Range: 3)

Pull     pulls an enemy dancer 1 tile towards you! (Range: 2*)

Push    pushes an enemy dancer 1 tile away from you! (Range: 2*)

*You can ONLY hit enemies that are 2 tiles away from you!

After you have completed the keypresses for an ability, press any arrow key to fire the ability in that direction!