About the Game

Welcome to Last Roach Glory – a thrilling survival game where your objective is to be the last cockroach standing among 100! Navigate through hazardous environments, grab power-ups, and outlast the competition in this intense battle for survival.

My Journey

This game is special to me as it's the first one I've created myself. Just a week ago, I started learning game development, turning a long-time dream into reality. Although I have years of programming experience, I never ventured into game creation until now. Sadly, I only found out about the game jam late and had only 4 days to work on it, but I wanted to take that opportunity to get better and hopefully get some feedback, and I think I managed to implement everything I wanted. I'm just sad I didn't have enough time to work with my friends on better soundtracks and artworks

Challenge

Think you have what it takes to outlast the other 99 cockroaches? I challenge you to beat my high score! Can you prove yourself as the superior roach?

How to Play

Objective:

• Be the last one standing!

Controls:

• Use WASD or the arrow keys to move your cockroach.
• Press the space bar to dash.
• On the browser version you can open the pause menu with P or ` (under escape)

Combat:

• Your cockroach will automatically attack when its head touches another cockroach.

Survival Tips:

• Avoid Hazards:
  • X-Bug Spray: Releases toxic gas that can harm your cockroach.
  • Flip Flop: Follows the player and then drops down to squash your cockroach.
• Take Power-Ups:
  • Forcefield: Provides temporary protection against attacks and hazards.
  • Restore Health: Heals your cockroach, giving you a better chance to survive.
• Special Events:
  • When a cockroach dies, there is a small chance it will:
    • Summon 3 baby cockroaches that are fast, small, and invincible.
    • Turn into a zombie cockroach that is slow but follows the player. Zombies can be killed.

Score:

• Cockroaches: 200 points
• Zombies: 400 points

Endgame Chaos:

• The fewer cockroaches left on the map, the more chaotic the game becomes. As the endgame approaches, expect intense and unpredictable action as everything becomes increasingly frantic and challenging.

Strategy:

• Use your dashes wisely to avoid hazards and other cockroaches.
• Avoid getting cornered by the other cockroaches; always have an escape route to dash through.
• Watch out for zombies and baby cockroaches as they can drastically change the game if you're not careful.

Can you survive, grab the power-ups, and outlast the competition? Prove yourself as the superior roach!

Credits:

Or (Me):

• Coding the game
• BG music (generated with "Udio")
• Spray can, Restore Health, Forcefield, Dash icon, and Toxic Gas textures
• Cockroach, Flip Flop, and Crown texture generated by DALL-E 3, then animated by me

Anokolisa (Itch.io):

• Pixel Crawler dungeon: Texture of the map (tiles and furniture) as part of the series Pixel Crawler.

Kenney (kenney.nl):

• Input prompts
• Fonts: Kenney Blocks and Kenney Pixel Square

SFX (freesound.org):

• Hissing Cockroach: Spoke
• Flip Flop Hit Sound: Stevenmaertens
• Forcefield Sound: Humanoide9000
• Restore Health Sound: Deltacode
• Spray Sound: Kurtsuvitanu
• Win Sound: Ozedeniz

Thanks to everyone for the amazing assets, I couldn't do it without you!