A downloadable game

Nagamaki Grind is a 2D hack and slash platformer with skate mechanics. You play as radical ronin samurai Timoshi (Tim to his friends), who has mastered their blade. Perfecting the art of bladeboarding: using their long-handled nagamaki as both deadly weapon and as a skateboard with which to skate the rooftops of Edo Japan. 

Rendered lovingly in the gorgeous Ukiyo-e woodblock print art style, grind on shrine rooftops, ollie between the pagodas and kickflip off the heads of the shogun's men to blade down the enemies who oppose you.

Nagamaki Grind emphasises responsive arcade skate movement in a 2D environment and blends that with action gameplay. Flow like water and keep your combo and multipliers going - build your score or speed through, seeking a fast time. 

[This is work in progress as it's a third year student project for Falmouth Games Academy]


The Puddle O' Tigers team:

Oskar Smith - Designer - https://www.oskarsmithdesign.com/

Alex Mason - Designer - https://www.alexdjmason.com/

Oscar Vallis - Environment artist - https://www.artstation.com/oscarvallis

Shivani Soni - Character artist - https://www.artstation.com/comyaca

Alessio Acampora - Programmer - http://alessioacampora.co.uk/

Louise Wallin - Animation - https://www.instagram.com/louise24silver/


Game music: 

Ronin by jantrax | @jantr4x https://soundcloud.com/user-625718881/ronin-by-jantrax 

Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com 

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

StatusIn development
Rating
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorPuddle O' Tigers
GenreAction, Platformer
Tags2D, Side Scroller, Singleplayer, Skating, Unity

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NagamakiGrind.zip 38 MB

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Pretty interesting concept! The art style and environment designs are pretty nice! The level design reminded me a lot of a Sonic game with it’s branching level design. Music was pretty poppin too! As for the main mechanics, it feels a bit too floaty, I think with a bit more refinement and weight to the character, this could end up feeling really great to play! Though from what I played, it was still fun regardless! (Please note that I played the first available build of this game on itch.io, this mini-review post and video may be out of date. :P)