Write Soul

Some classmates filled a girl's notebooks with creepy little doodles. She can't rub them out.

So she drew a hero to fight them.

He crosses the doodles out with the weapons she draws for him, and she wipes away what's left

with her eraser. In return he brings her ink and A+ grades, and she draws him new things -

so he can cross out even more.

HOW IT PLAYS

- Survive 8 waves on a notebook page. Your weapons attack on their own.

- Every enemy attack is telegraphed: the doodle shrinks, shakes and darkens. Read it, then get out of the way.

- Crossed-out enemies leave ink blots. Grab them before the ink dries.

- Between waves, visit the shop:

- Stationery: items for blots. Each one helps AND hurts - read the red line.

- Teacher's desk: weapons and one-wave boosts for A+. Earn A+ with the homework tasks in the corner.

- Combine: two weapons - or a weapon and an item - fuse into a new weapon.

- Melee or ranged? Every weapon has a kind, and some items only boost one of them.

- The Almanac in the menu keeps every weapon and enemy you have met: numbers, recipes, tips.

- Your first game starts with a short training. You can replay it from the menu.

CONTROLS

WASD or arrows - move

Space - dash (through attacks and enemies)

Tab - fold the homework list

P / Esc - pause

M - sound on / off

Mouse - shop: buy, drag weapons between hands and backpack, right-click to sell

Every key can be changed in Settings, along with the effects and music volume.

Play in Chrome or Firefox on a computer. A keyboard is needed.

ABOUT

A prototype made by a student. Every sprite was drawn with a pen on paper and photographed;

every sound effect was recorded on a phone - pencils, an eraser, paper, a pen cap.

Feedback helps a lot - a 2-minute form: https://forms.gle/M5hnKQPiVuxm5p357

CREDITS

Font: Patrick Hand by Patrick Wagesreiter (SIL Open Font License).

Music: "Other Center" by zesona (Chris Murphy) and "Menu Music" by wipics, both CC0, from OpenGameArt.org.

Made with Unity.