Vinland Saga 2.0

A 2D Action Platformer about a Viking raider who raids a mysteriously abandoned village. Deep within, he finds a magical gilded shield that summons ghosts of past invaders to protect itself from being stolen. Not wanting to be out done by some lousy magic, our proud Viking sends the ghosts back to the spirit world by carving up his enemies (and the village) with his ax, and defends with the gilded shield.

Responsibilities:
- Designed UI components for the game (start, credits, game over menus, HUD, health bar, and controls)
- Assisted with the programming of player mechanics, attack/block animations, and fire spawners VFX.

Lore:
A Viking drives his longboat on to the shore of an English village, ready to raid. He lets out a valiant war cry to rally his barbarian crew, met with a daunting silence. Looking closer, they aren’t the first Viking raiders to attack: a Viking corpse decays at the gate.

The Viking leader travels inside to find a well maintained, but completely abandoned village. Signs of a skirmish appear in the woodwork, but so much treasure remains. It seems the English routed the Viking invaders, but why abandon the town without a trace?
The Viking leader carves through the village until they find themselves in the depths of the Church, a tall building with a deep basement. Inside, he finds a radiant, gilded Celtic shield. Not wanting to leave empty handed, the Viking takes his reward, only to have a ghostly voice ring out, “Come, bound souls of the dead! Once you invaded these lands, and now you serve me to protect it! Kill this Vikingr and bind him to me!”

Ghosts from long past eras rise from the dead at the shield’s request, and attack the Viking leader. Wielding the ax from the dead Viking and the gilded shield, he carves a path out through the village and heads back for the long boat. Celtic warriors charge wielding swords, Roman legionnaires defend with large shields and spears, and Anglo-Saxon archers rain arrows from above. Blocking their attacks and felling them with the ax, the Viking leader escapes the village under a malicious full moon, arms full of treasure. His crew pulls him to the long boat and set off into the dark sea.