Time Gladiator

Controls:

Press W, A, S, D to Parry
Hold W, A, S, D to Block
Press R to Rewind

<DISCLAIMER FIREFOX USERS MAKE THE WINDOW SMALLER>

What is this?

You were born a simple villager but one day the Greek empire came and enslaved you, throwing you into the pits of the Colosseum. You enter your first fight and die...

However you awaken the morning of the same day with a voice in your head, "Keep going". You go just a bit further, defeating the first combatant in the tournament. But get swiftly slain by the second fighter. Once again, you awaken. "This will take some time".

This is my entry for the GMTK Gamejam 2025. It's inspired by Undyne's boss battle in Undertale combined with the unforgiving, yet somewhat predictable, patterns of the enemies in Fear and Hunger.

How is this following the "Loop" theme? Your character is stuck in a time loop until they defeat the whole tournament. The way I envision how most will play this game is dying over and over again to the same enemy, over and over again until they understand what they need to do. Forming a kind of loop.

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TIP:
Look at the whole body and not only the sword ;)