Dice King Journey

Cozy and simple 3D-platformer with difficult controls! 
Help the Dice King in his (not-so) long journey
from Dicey Castle to Snowy Mountains! 

This game is made in 48 hours for GMTK GameJam 2022
with a theme "Roll of the Dice".

  

CONTROLS

• Use 1 2 3 4 5 6 on your Keyboard or Num Pad to Roll the Dice King in the corresponding direction.
• Use the number on top of the Dice King to Jump. To overcome pits and traps, try to Roll while in the air.
• You cannot see behind the Dice King. Try to calculate what number is on the other side. Remember, opposite sides are always sum up to 7!

   

FEATURES

• Every roll changes your controls! Try to think ahead and memorize the patterns, and the game will reward you.
• Each respawn the Dice King lands on a random side. 
• The game is made with speedrun opportunities in mind. We would glad to see you speedrunning our game!
• Roll through 4 levels, each with a unique theme and challenges. 
  
• Try to collect all 111 coins across levels (it's optional though). 

  

KNOWN ISSUES

• In browser Timer somehow goes faster. Time is a weird soup!
• SFX settings in Gameplay Pause window are not working.

 

CREDITS

Dice King Journey by

• Viktor Titov (goldsphere) — code
• Oleg Ptitsyn (Hongor) — game design
• Dmitry Kononkov (speedwolfy) — game design
• Vlad Kononkov (wastedfox) — art and music

 

Trailer editing by Nikita Serpetskiy (TWOSN)

All used assets are licensed for free use

• Tiles and Decorations is made using Kenney Castle Kit,
  Kenney Platformer Kit, Kenney Nature Kit, Kenney Graveyard Kit,
  Kenney Survival Kit, Kenney Fantasy Town Kit by Kenney 
• Background art by CartoonCoffee  
• Crown model by BullHornGames
• Coin model by BlobFortress
• Dice texture by saladudo
• Keyboard keys UI assets by Nicolae (Xelu) Berbece
• Music is written by Vlad Kononkov using BeepBox by John Nesky
• SFXs are generated via ChipTone by SFBGames