A musical knight uses tunes and notes from his magical kobo to face the armies of blossom knights and mythical monsters in the setting of a geometric Japanese-styled kingdom.
Media: Video Game
Genres: Dungeon Crawler, Roguelike
Status: Released
Developers: Ricardo Gutierrez Castro, Eli Tucker, Tanya Kumari
Release date: 2023
Platform: Vertical Slice Demo
Knightchord in concept and pitch was made by Nathan Mclaren Donovan as he is the one whos GDD was adapted to create this vertical slice game!
This low-poly two and a half dimensional game was very heavily music based so my research and co-developer Eli had to do extensive history on ancient japanese instruments that best fit the setting, theme and atmosphere of this dungeon crawler action game.
This production had many formatting and logistical hurdles to overcome as time, organization and scope got the project in several corners however our willingness to persevere and still hand in a faithful adaptation of the GDD was felt in the end product and even from Nathan whos idea we were using to adapt said it looked very well considering his hesitation with his own ideas.
I saw potential in the idea and recommended various ways to contribute my team into key roles and positions to hand in a playable game!
This was a tough project and many elements were seemingly hard to handle but I always find a way to salvage and try to do the very best which led to the released musically and visually distinct game slice!