Chaos: Arena
Chaos: Arena is a fast paced arena game which pitches you and your friends against one another or the CPU in an battle royal, or in two-person teams. In addition you also play against a series of increasingly more difficult waves of enemies.
Chaos: Arena is the post-jam version of Bad Rooms, my Extra catagory entry for LD55.
Spells:
- Rat: Weak but fast rodent
- Bat: Weak but it can fly over obstacles
- Goblin: Weak but it can shoot enemies at range
- Wolf: Fast and moderately tough
- Dwarf: Incredibly resilient but stays close to the Wizard to guard them
- Orc: Very damaging and moderately tough creature
- Centaur: Fast and moderately tough creature which can shoot enemies at range
- Giant: Slow but damaging creature, it's attacks hit everything in an area
- Dragon: Slow but flying creature, it can periodically breath out a fireball
- Fire: Creates patches of fire around the arena, be careful not to step on them
- Goo: Creates patches of good around the arena, harmless but tough to remove
- Buff: Grants a 20 second bonus to your Wizard
- Debuff: Grants a 20 second bane to closest enemy
- Bolt: Fast highly damaging bolt of magic
- Fireball: A ball of fire that explodes on impact, damaging everything round it
Controls:
- Toggle Fullscreen: Alt+Enter
- Reload/Run/Restart cart: Ctrl+R
- Mute/Unmute: Ctrl+M
- Player 1 defaults: Arrow Keys + ZX / NM / CV
- Player 2 defaults: ESDF + QW
- Enter or P key for pause menu (while running)
Controllers:
- You can use any game controllers recognized by SDL with PICO-8
Browser Edition:
The free-to-play browser version has 3 game modes: Arena, Team, and Waves. You can play with up to 4 players in Arena and Team modes.
Premium Edition:
Purchasing the game will grant access to standalone downloads for Linux, Mac, Windows and Raspberry Pi. The Premium Edition allows you to have up to 8 players in both Arena and Team modes.
Source code is included.
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux, HTML5 |
Author | Kieron Scott |
Genre | Action |
Made with | PICO-8 |
Tags | arena, Fast-Paced, html5, Local Co-Op, Local multiplayer, PICO-8, Short, sourcecode, web |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Xbox controller, Gamepad (any), Joystick, Touchscreen, Smartphone, Playstation controller |
Multiplayer | Local multiplayer |
Player count | 1 - 8 |
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $1.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Chaos: Arena v1.0 released!92 days ago
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