Hunters of the High Road
A downloadable game for Windows
"The hunt hath begun."
Control a hunter of the church and slay mythical beasts! Utilize your holy-infused weaponry and wits to vanquish unholy bosses!
Description
Set in Scotland during the 1800's, Hunters of the High Road is a top-down boss-focussed action game with punishing combat against monsters that are based on mythological creatures of Scotland. Armed with a hunting rifle and an executioner sword, both imbued with holy energy, the player controls one of Wrath's Apostles - a sinner-turned-hunter who is trained to track and slay unholy monsters to repent.
Story
Wrath’s Apostles, “The Exempt of Sin'', are dispatched by a subsection of the Church to inflict God’s Wrath on the blasphemous and diabolic. Made up of those whose sins were considered unrepentable, Wrath’s Apostles were originally formed by the Church for the purpose of hunting and exorcising Demons as a way for members to gain Absolution and avoid the gates of Hell. Members have dedicated their mortality to represent Divine Law and deal Divine Retribution on behalf of God, allowing their actions on a hunt to be free from Sin. As well as Demons, Wrath’s Apostles in recent times have been given the task to hunt all creatures and beasts seen as unholy. They are skilled with all kinds of weaponry and traps and have experience with tracking beasts and investigatory work.
The Player is simply referred to as “The Apostle”, a skilled hunter who has been tasked to investigate rumours in the North.
Teaser Trailer:
Gameplay Walkthrough:
Controls:
- WASD - Move
- Left Shift - Roll
- Right Click - Aim Rifle
- Left Click - Shoot Rifle
- E - Use Sword
- Esc - Pause Game
Third-Party Credits:
- Font used for title - IMfellfrench by Igino Marini (Credit to "The Fell Types are digitally reproduced by Igino Marini. www.iginomarini.com")
- Boss fight song - Chase by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/
Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - Moon image - Mike Petrucci https://unsplash.com/photos/uIf6H1or1nE
Team Bio:
| Aiden Scott | 3D Artist, Game Designer |
| Alex Williams | Concept Artist, 3D Character Artist |
| Angus Dale | Gameplay Programmer, Tool Programmer |
| Barry Forrest | UI/UX Designer, Audio Designer |
| Cameron Strachan | Producer, Game Designer |
| Emily Wood | Concept Artist, 3D Artist |
| Giacomo Sanguineti | 3D Artist, Concept Artist |
| Jordan Han | Gameplay Programmer, Tool Programmer |
| Christos Michalakos | Academic Tutor |
Download
Install instructions
- Download the .zip folder
- Navigate to the .zip folder
- Right-click it and select "unzip folder"
The application will be in the unzipped folder named "Hunters of the High Road" as an executable with the same name.
Comments
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Great job, interesting gunplay with the deadshot mechanic.
I found that becoming stationary to take deal the higher damage deadshots would interupt the flow of the combat and that perhaps instead of stopping the player maybe slow the player and make the cursor to indicate a deadshot faster and more irratic, suddenly changing its direction of rotation to emulate the shake of the gun and additional difficulty the character would have trying to aim whilst moving.
Think that if development on this project was continued beyond the course would make for a very compleing action period experience.