Spooks & Shells

Gunny and Sprite have been drinking buddies for as long as either of their booze-addled brains can remember, so when Sprite keeled over and didn't immediately ascend to the great beyond they knew what they had to do: raid the depths of Heck for a half-corporeal beer. A tale as old as time - one last hurrah and Sprite can finally rest in peace.

Spooks & Shells was made in just about a week for Brackey's Jam 2021.1. Due to a scheduling snafu the deadline didn't quite shake out, but we're counting it as a win. The gameplay can be described as a hectic top-down shoot-'em-up with characters straddling either end of the great divide.

Note: Gamepad required.

The Rules

• Bullets are either corporeal or incorporeal.
• Any bullets that pass through the ghost player's spectral rift switch between being corporeal or incorporeal.
• Ghosts can only be hurt by ghost bullets.
• Fleshies can only be hurt by regular bullets.
• Players share a health total.
• Friendly fire is on.

Gunner Controls

• W/A/S/D to move.
• Mouse to aim.
• Left mouse button (hold) to shoot.

Ghost Controls

• Left analog stick to move.
• Right analog stick to look.
• X (hold) to activate spectral rift.

Credits

• Ethan Morrill-Ploum (@morrilet)
  • Programming
  • Level Design
  • Environment Art
• Jeremy Helsel (@JIHlucky7)
  • Character Art
  • Encounter Design
  • Programming
• Catherine Maggiori (@catmaggiori)
  • Music / SFX Curation

Enjoy!

P.S. If you see something, say something! Bug reports are welcome.