Samurai Soul Hunters - entered in the DreamBuildPlay competition
Samurai Soul Hunters is an action game, a Samurai hack’n’slash brawlerto be specific. While it should feel familiar to any who picks up the controller (I caught my wife fighting the last boss in the demo when I came back to the console after taking a break) it’s also a unique experience that defies easy categorization. It blends elements from Space Harrier, Ninja Gaiden, and vertical shooters into a unique pseudo 2D environment.
The game itself plays and handles like an older 2D arcade game trying to look 3D when in actual fact it is a fully 3D environment. We used a good amount of custom vertex and pixel shaders to achieve the final result and have it perform fluidly.
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