Note - This is a prototype, and will not be finished. Bugs, missing polish, or other issues will be present.

Midnight Acolytes

For years a group of mages have worked tirelessly to create the philosopher's stone. With their life's work now complete, who gets to take credit and go down in history? It's not long before an argument breaks out, and when you have magic, arguments tend to get a bit... dangerous.

Grab spellbooks, potions, weapons, staves and wands, and make use of 30 different spells to be the one that survives to the very end.

2-4 players can battle it out to determine who among them is the most worthy acolyte in this fast paced LAN multiplayer game.

Keyboard Controls

• Arrow Keys to Move/Aim
• Z to Shoot/Use
• X to Grab/Drop
• C to Jump
• Ctrl to Crouch

In menus, use the movement keys to navigate, jump to confirm, and grab to go back.

Gamepad Controls

• DPad or Any Stick to Move/Aim
• X to Shoot/Use
• B or Y to Grab/Drop
• A to Jump
• Left Trigger or Right Trigger to Crouch

In menus, use the DPad to navigate, jump to confirm, and grab to go back.

Gameplay Information

The game is played across multiple rounds, where players will fight to the death. The last player standing gains a point, with the first player to reach a score threshold being crowned the winner.

Grabbable objects are scattered throughout the levels for you to use.

• Spellbooks will equip their spell when used, overwriting any already equipped spell.
• Wands and staves will cast a set spell on use. They have unlimited ammo, but are rare and have a longer use cooldown.
• Potions can be drunk to gain their effect, or thrown to splash their effect. Empty bottles will stun hit players too.
• Various weapons with unique effects are scattered throughout, keep an eye out for them.

When a spell is equipped, hold fire to charge it, then release to cast the spell. Spells have limited uses, and you cannot cast spells while your hands are full.

Credits

Tileset by Shackal

Music by Platonic Game Studio

Text font by Somepx

About

Midnight Acolytes was created in a few months as a prototype for a solo university project, with the goal of taking a first step into developing a game for networked play. Throughout the process I learned a lot, and can see the many mistakes I made in the final version. Although I know where fixes are needed, I want to move on to new projects, with the hope of returning to Midnight Acolytes one day.