La Danse Macabre!

GAMEPAD RECOMMENDED! But you can also use WASD + mouse. 
Left stick or WASD to move and turn. Right stick or move mouse side to side to swing your scythe.

This is a game jam prototype for GGJ 2023 that went a bit off topic. Loftiness of station is no concern for Death, but They are on a tight schedule. Become the great equalizer in a 15th century town - reap all the living before time runs out! 

The Dance Macabre was a popular theme of illustrations in the middle ages and Rennaissance as waves of plagues, wars, religious schisms and horrific social inequities tore through Europe. Death was portrayed as a skeleton beckoning people of all statuses, from peasants to clergy to royalty, to join its gruesome dance. 

I don't know if I'll ever come back to this but it was great fun to make!

This game uses art from the illuminated prayerbooks Tres Riches Heures by the Limbourg Brothers. Additional art taken from paintings by Rafael and Rosselli. 

Background music is Ale and Anecdotes by Darren Curtis. 

SFX by spookymodem and Merrick079.

Menu background uses a stationery design by memoriesemporium.