Pandora's Reckoning

Description

Pandora's Reckoning is a game where you play as a new intern scientist who works in a lab testing products and furniture for a big corporation. One day management tasks you with testing a new 'chest' from a supposedly new furniture company, however, everything is not as it seems and the 'chest' is not any ordinary piece of furniture . . .

An entry to the 2026 arcademia 48 hour game jam made in less than 20 hours. Go check out the other submissions!

Game Mechanics

Press and hold the interact key on the chest to open it. Upon opening it, untold horrors will spawn and try and attack you. It is your goal to extinguish them with your laser gun. 

After you clear all the enemies in the round you can open the chest again and a new wave with more enemies will spawn. Every 5 waves there is a boss wave which is harder. 

After each normal wave you regain 20% health and after each boss wave you regain 100% health.

During each boss wave you gain a random modifier of double laser bounces or double damage. 

p.s. go to the water fountain and interact for an Unnecessary Fishing Minigame!

Controls

- WASD or arrow key to move. 

- Hold E or Z or F to interact.

- Space or Left Mouse Button or X or G to shoot (for web you can use mouse location to aim in 90 degree angle where player is facing, on arcade machine it shoots in direction of movement).

- W/A or Arrow Up/Arrow Down to move the fishing bobber position up or down.

- Space or Left Mouse Click to throw or reel fishing rod.

Credits

- Will

- Alex

Additional Credits & Thanks

- Lee

- Molly

- Zoe

- 2D Pixel art lab tilemaps by marceles 🌴.

- 2D Pixel Art Pandora's Box  Sprite by Serial.

- 2D Pixel Art Minotaur Sprite by Elthen's Pixel Art Shop.

- 2D Pixel Art Weeping Angel Sprite by  scrixels.

- Sticky Note PNG by pngtree.

-  Water Cooler PNG by hiclipart.

- Paper Clip PNG by OpenClipart-Vectors.

- Rubber Duck PNG by pngtree.

- MainMenu Music by Waterflame & Autodidactic.

- Gameplay Music by LLAAPPSSEE.