Boss Battle - Lost Temple Treasure

Last week I released a game called Lost Temple Treasure. I spent years on this game, and felt like I was in a flow state that lasted for months at a time. It was a real passion project. Each day felt like I was pulled up out of bed by the game itself to get to work. Ideas seemed to flow so naturally and seemed so obvious it was like the game designed itself.
I also had bouts where I got so stressed and overwhelmed by all the things to do it felt like I was never going to get it finished. Between the programming, animation, modelling, and also the music the whole thing felt like it took forever. Not to mention the months of bug fixing, and then the playtesting and publication process as well. I finished most of the work in early 2020, but it took me until late 2024 to finally publish.
This video is the final boss of the game, based loosely on Tz Tok Jad from RuneScape. In RuneScape, you need to manage protection prayers while multitasking and killing the bosses healers. It takes almost two hours to get to the boss battle, and so the pressure of trying to perform can make you panic and choke. I tried to create a similar feeling here with Miz Mar.
Miz Mar's main ability is a ground-slamming attack where spikes come up from underneath you. The way to avoid the spikes is to time your jump and fast-fall rhythmically in sync with the slamming. As Miz Mar gets lower health, the faster the spikes become. At half health, Miz Mar also spawns healers forcing you to multitask and kill the healers while avoiding the spikes and Miz Mar's other attacks such as his laser.
There is also a B-Side Miz Mar boss battle at the end of the B-Side (hard) mode of the game. Trying to get to the boss at the end of the B-Side permadeath mode of the game is a hell of an achievement itself, and the pressure of trying to beat the boss is enough to give me a heart attack lol. It's a difficult game and I would love to add some more accessibility stuff in the future.
The music is also original!
Lost Temple Treasure on Steam: store.steampow...
Please check out Lost Temple Treasure on Steam -- it's a passion project of mine and the result of a lot of blood, sweat, and some literal tears. If you want to support me you can by:
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Thanks so much for your support!
p.s. I am looking for people to trade labour with for our own indie games. Game dev is a hell of a thing to try and do alone! Contact me if you want some work done.
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[@akatazzy]

Do you still teach blueprints?

[@esotericgamedev]

@@akatazzy yeah sometimes. Send me a dm on discord if you like and we can talk