Transylvania Trials
Time is currency
Buy abilities, unlock new paths, and try to finish with as much time left as possible.
In Transylvania Trials, Count Down needs to make it back to his casket before sunrise. The catch is that your lifeforce is also your timer and your currency. You can spend it before each run to unlock abilities like dash, glide, and blood shot, but every purchase leaves you with less time to finish the level.
The goal is simple: choose the abilities you think you need, move quickly, avoid hazards, collect more lifeforce when you can, and reach the casket before time runs out.
How the game works
Before starting a level, you can spend lifeforce on abilities. Each one changes how you move through the level and can open up new routes.
- Dash lets you move forward quickly and break crates.
- Glide helps you stay in the air longer and cross larger gaps.
- Blood Shot lets you fire projectiles at enemies.
- Wall Jump lets you jump away from walls while moving into them.
While the level is active, your lifeforce constantly drains. Spikes and enemies make it drop even faster, while blood bags restore some of it.
Reach the casket before your lifeforce reaches zero!
How To Play
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| A | Move Left |
| D | Move Right |
| Space | Jump |
| Space near a wall | Wall Jump |
| Hold Space in midair | Glide |
| Arrow Keys | Fire Projectile |
| Shift | Dash |
Some abilities must be purchased before they can be used.
Features
- Lifeforce acts as both your timer and your currency
- Ability shop before each run
- Dash, glide, wall jump, and projectile movement
- Lifeforce pickups
- Spikes, enemies, and environmental hazards
- Breakable crates
- Enemy health and projectile damage
- Victory and game-over screens
- Music and sound-effect controls
- Level selection
Credits
- Kyle - Developer & Animations
- Sahand - Developer & Sound Design
- Harmeet - Developer
- Josh - Pixel Art
Backgrounds
Backgrounds by Maciaz:
Sound Effects
- Crate Break 1 - Pixabay
- Suffering Damage - Pixabay
- Water Splash - Pixabay
- Generic Hero Effort Noises - OpenGameArt
- Wind1 - OpenGameArt
- KL Peach Game Over II - Pixabay
- Grunts, Male Death and Pain - OpenGameArt
Music
Asset Licensing
All external backgrounds, music, and sound effects are credited above. Please refer to the original source pages for their license terms and attribution requirements.
Running the Project
- Clone or download the repository.
- Open the project in Unity Hub.
- Use the Unity version included with the project.
- Open the
TitleScreenscene. - Press Play in the Unity Editor.
Alternatively, you could also just run the game in a web browser through this link!
Transylvania Trials
Current Status
The core game is playable and includes movement, abilities, enemies, hazards, pickups, audio, menus, and level-completion systems. The project may continue to receive balancing, UI improvements, visual polish, and additional level content.
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