Micro RPG

Are you tired of RPGs with stories that far outweigh their scale? Then you'll love MICRO RPG! The entire game takes place in a 72x56 black-or-white pixel grid display. Every graphic in the game is from one 32x32 pixel (8x8 sprite) sprite sheet, addressed, flipped, or color-inverted such that "every sprite is just one byte"! The simplicity of this scale couldn't be more optimized (or nerdy!), even the sprite sheet itself could theoretically use only 128 bytes of data!

Micro RPG,  Now brought to you in stunning 1-bit color depth! Standard, Widescreen, and Tallscreen gaming available!

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Handbook Story: You, a 16-bit hero, have traversed far and wide to reach the Tower of the Graviturgist. In your final confrontation on the 8th floor, the evil sorcerer casts a devastating spell: Gravity Magic Level 9! The world should have been reduced to the void, but You hold on to one bit, fighting your way back down the Tower to finish the Graviturgist once and for all!

Game Controls:

Move: WASD/Arrow Keys

Select/Advance/Timed Hit/Dodge: Space

a secret? wwssadadsw_

Since the text is a bit hard to read, here's the Page translations on each of the different levels:

   Level 7: "Graviga Spell L9 16-bit to 1-bit!"

   Level 6: "A new spell? Magic power up!"

   Level 5: "The Graviturgist is totally cool!"

   Level 4: "Think you can foil my plan?"

   Level 3: "Have you found invisible walls?"

   Level 2: "What is this? A new sword! atk++"

   Level 1: "The Graviturgust blocks the exit!"

If you try to use the exit for a level without collecting all the keys (marked by a "K"), the text will read:
"Some Keys Missed"

And the important text during battles:
   Starting text box: "xxxx Appears!"
   Selection menu: "Attack" / "Defend" / "Magic"
   Your hits: "Hit!" or "2x hit!" if you score a timed hit
   Enemy Phase: "/\ Dodge"
   Battle End: "Win! gained [1|2] HP"

(I may add an accessibility toggle in a future post-jam update that toggles the 3x3 font with something more legible)

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I sincerely hope you enjoy KoWalla's 3rd submission to GMTK Game Jams, MICRORPG~ Are you ready to save the world?

All Art and Music created by KoWalla during the 2024 GMTK Game Jam, sprite sheet started prior to Game Jam, nearly all code and all music created during Game Jam