Rats & Slash

Explore the deep reaches of an old sewer system in Rats and Slash, a weapon scavenging adventure hack-and-slash, as a sword-wielding raccoon. Make your way down the depths of the sewers, fighting a variety of treacherous creatures, searching for the Rat King’s throne to claim its treasure for your own.

As a natural scavenger, the raccoon picks up random objects with a particular affinity for swords, dice, and of course, treasure. Dice come in different forms and randomize the player's attack damage when held in inventory. Different swords offer different damage multipliers and radii. Sword tiers give the player more dice to hold. Between combat there are some safe zones, while the raccoon can snack on pizza to gain health mid battle. Watch out for the sewage, it may be a bit radioactive.

Controls

Movement - WASD

Jump - Space

Attack - Left Click / Mouse 1

Inventory - Tab | Tab + Option (MacOS)

Pause - Esc

Team

Soundtrack

https://isthisenne.bandcamp.com/album/rats-slash-ost-ep

Post Mortem

What is Rats and Slash? 

Rats & Slash is a rogue-like beat-em-up set in a sewer. We were very ambitious at first with complicated roguelike elements and a scope that was too big for our team. But in  the end each teammate put in their all to make a cohesive product.

So what went well?  

• the custom art within the game turned out very well for a team of only two artists
• the soundtrack was well made and fit the vibe of the game very well
• the shaders and level design were well put together and looks good
• the programming for the all the components of the game were well done and turned out great
• a lot went into the programming of the game and most tasks were able to be completed

What went wrong? 

• we fell behind on time and on schedule
• we didn't have proper complete levels for most of the process which hindered progress in other areas
• there were a lot of issues when initially implementing animations which shifted our focus from other tasks
• we had to scratch a lot of ideas to finish the project and make it into something fun. We had to change trajectory a few timed because of constraints and time
• we had issues with version controls where some teammate's work got overwritten

What did we learn?

• We were exposed to the animation controller system, the particle effects, and shader system
• communication is very important and collaboration was key. Sometimes people had to pick up someone else's tasks to reach deadlines on time