Scales Of Sorrow  

Are these dragons dangerous? or do they just need a friend?
Will you discover the truth?

  Description  

Scales of Sorrow is a Boss Rush style RPG game where the player goes from boss to boss, expanding from their basic attacks with new special support abilities gained after each encounter is completed. Fight by not fighting and help calm down the enraged dragons to discover why they are lashing out.

  Gameplay  

Calm down the enraged dragons while avoiding their mighty attacks, cooperate with a friend as you team up to become more effective. Listen and reach out to assist the dragons. Use special abilities like a bubble shield and dash forward to protect yourself and avoid incoming attacks.

  Credits  

Game Concept and Development of Design: Young People at OYCI

Project Coordinator:  Dr. Andrew Reid 

Programmer: Luke Allen

Programmer: Thalia Wilson

3D/Technical Artist: Setareki Ligaiviu

Designer: Henry Wallace

2D Artist/Animator: Amy Coates-Walker

QA Testing: Lior Kahanov

QA Testing: Ryan Black

Player Art: Zerie's Tiny RPG Character Asset Pack

UI Art: Humble Pixel's Pocket Inventory Series #5: Player Status

Special Thanks

Academic Tutor:  Dr. Andrew Reid 

Academic Tutor:  Gordon Brown

OYCI

OYCI (Ochil Youths Community Improvement) exists so all young people in Clackmannanshire can flourish. We create space and opportunities for young people to be themselves while they figure out what is important to them, and what they might want to learn and achieve.

YouthLink Scotland

We are the national agency for youth work and the collective voice of the youth work sector in Scotland.

Abertay Game Lab 

We are a practice-based research group comprised of staff from the Faculty of Design, Informatics and Business at Abertay University. Our aim is to develop experimental games, applied games, and games-related cultural and public engagement events.

In addition to working with standard game development software, equipment, and materials, we also have a dedicated lab within Abertay’s Emergent Technology Centre.

If you are a business, public sector, or third sector organisation interested in exploring what games and play can do for you, please contact business@abertay.ac.uk.

We are grateful to the Inclusive Digital Economy Network+ (INCLUDE+) for funding this project.

  Control Scheme  

System:
Start/Select – Open Pause Menu 
A/X [South] – Select Option 
B/〇 [East] – Go Back 
Movement: 
Left Directional Pad / WASD – Directional movement 
Player Actions: 
A/X [South] / Space– Dash 
X\◻ [West] /  Left mouse – Melee attack 
Right Trigger / Q – Bubble Shield 
Left Trigger / E– Fired Up