The Accolade

This is my entry for SpeccyJam (2), that is a game jam to build a “ZX Spectrum looking” game in a week following the speccy graphical restrictions.

This is also September’s game of my one game a month challenge.

The game was developed from scratch using C++ and SFML.

YouTube review: Indie Attack 098: Accolade.

News

• 2015-01-03: released a new version of the game including some minor bug fixes.
• 2014-09-08: Ubuntu packages for version 0.9 added to the page.
• 2014-09-07: version 0.9 released and submitted to SpeccyJam 2.

Requirements

The game requires OpenGL.

Controls

In the menus use the arrows to move, Z (or Enter) to select.

Playing the game:

• use the arrows to move and attack enemies.
• use Z (or Enter) to drink a potion from your inventory.
• use the ESC key to quit the game.

Joysticks/Gamepads are supported!

Windows

the-accolade-0.9.2.zip

Uncompress the ZIP file and run “accolade.exe”.

Ubuntu Trusty

• 32-bit: the-accolade_0.9.2-trusty1_i386.deb
• 64-bit: the-accolade_0.9.2-trusty1_amd64.deb

Install the package and its dependencies and The Accolade icon will be added to your games section.