Count Bakula, actor, time-traveller, starship captain, vampire lord, has spread fake photos of Count Vladula jr. helping old ladies crossing streets! Transylvania's monsters have now turned against Count Vladula jr.. A once respected leader in the community, now shunned! He must now travel to Bakula's lair and put a stop to the slandering.




THE GAME

BLOOD OF VLADULA JR. is a 2D platformer inspired by the platformers on the Nintendo Game Boy system. Jump, run, bonk monsters on the head, and turn into a bat, through 8 different levels, including a final boss stage. Help Count Vladula jr. regain the respect of the monster community and defeat his arch-nemesis.

      




CONTROLS


ARROW KEYS - Move

Z - Jump/(mid-air)Bat form

X - Lift/Throw

P - Pause menu


Note: You can switch Z and X in the Pause menu.

Gamepads are supported and recommended in the download version. But, they might not work in the web player.




HOW TO PLAY

  • Use the LEFT and RIGHT directional keys to run. Press Z to jump. Jump on a monster's head to knock them out. Jump on an unconscious monster to eliminate them, and they might drop a health point.
  • Approach an unconscious monster, and press X to lift them up. While holding a monster, press X again to throw them. If you throw them at another monster they will both be eliminated. Some monsters cannot be knocked out, but all monsters will perish if another monster is thrown at them.
  • While in mid-air, press and hold Z to turn into a bat. In bat form you can fly for a short time before turning back into vampire form. Releasing Z in bat form will turn you back into a vampire.
  • When positioned in front of a hanging chain, press UP to grab a hold of it. Then when holding on to the chain, press UP or DOWN to climb.

         




THANKS TO

Alexandra Ingvarsdóttir for testing and feedback. Also everybody who's out there providing resources to others. Making tutorials, helping out in forums, etc.

The code for this game was minified using Shrinko-8

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, HTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
AuthorSlumma
GenrePlatformer
Made withAseprite, PICO-8
Tags2D, PICO-8, Pixel Art, Singleplayer
Code licenseUnlicense
Asset licenseCreative Commons Attribution v4.0 International
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Gamepad (any)

Download

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Windows 997 kB
Mac OS 3 MB
Linux 757 kB
Raspberry Pi 2 MB
Pico-8 cart 42 kB
Instruction booklet 683 kB

Comments

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Shot  you an email about a potential publishing/physical release, really cool game!

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I love this game, is so spooky.

Glad you liked it! Thanks for playing!

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Man, this is my favorite game right now. You did a cool job with character design and overall visuals. Love it!

Thank you! That's very nice to hear. I'm really happy you had such a good time with it.

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verry verry good but very very hard , the stars are insane in the later levels ...

Thank you! Very glad you liked it. But yeah it gets really hard

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dude, going for the stars is hard! ^.^

haha yeah it's pretty difficult. Thanks for playing though!