Pixel Game Jam 2025 Entry

#beginner

Title: Take The Spoils (from the dead)

Theme: From The Dead

You play as the Gravedigger who enters the cursed Pauper's Rest graveyard to steal from the dead to get enough gold to buy an antidote for Ghostrot for your ailing partner. Beware the undead that wander the cemetery! 

🎮 How to Play

• Walk into the grave to dig out the coffin and steal the contents.
• Return to Granny Smyth to sell your loot and buy upgrades.
• Defeat the undead before they defeat you by walking into them.
• Once you have enough gold, but the antidote to heal your sick partner.

🎮 Controls

• Use the NUMPAD or WASD to move around (NUMPAD can move diagonally)
• Walk into graves to dig, enemies to damage and Granny Smith to enter the shop.
• Left Click on the shop items to buy. 
• Press Enter to start the game or restart after dying. 

Explore a lovingly handcrafted level featuring:

• 👻 Unique undead enemies.
• 🧩 Traditional Roguelike movement and combat.
• 🎵 Retro-inspired pixel art sprites and music.
• 🪦 A complete story of sacrifice to save the ones we love. 

Credits & Attributions

Solo Developer: 👤 Indie Aidan Dev

Role: Design, Programming, Art, Writing, UI, Sound Integration

 Art & Assets

• Pixel Art 
  • Sprites
    • Undead Gentleman and Infected Grandma by Spellsoft
    • Skeleton by ggoolmool
    • Zombie by ggoolmool
  • Environment

    
    

    • Exterior by Winlu
    • Era of Fantasy: Village Props by aamatniekss
  • Items

    
    

    • Resource icons #1 by MedievalMore
    • Resource icons #3 by MedievalMore
      
    • Resource icons #4 by MedievalMore
      
    • Resource icons #5 by MedievalMore
      
  • Player Potrait
    • Potraits by MedievalMore
  • UI
    • Ultimate Dark Fantasy UI V2.0 by Finnmercury
  • Colour Palette
    • Extended version of Resurrect 64 by Kerrie Lake
• Fonts
  • Straight Pixel Gothic Font
• Audio
  • Music
    • Hex Whispers by Ovani Sound (Horror  Pack #7)
  • Sound Effects (NOTE: These were mostly removed to make the Itch Web version work)
    • Gothic Fantasy Sound FX Pack Vol. 1 (Ovani Sounds)
    • Horror & Suspense Sound FX Pack Vol. 2 (Ovani Sounds)

• Main Menu Skull Image
  • Grayscale Photography of Human Skull by Ahmed Adly

Tools Used

• Godot 4.4
• Aseprite
• Ditherdragon

Itch.io Page Inspiration

• BeardyDev Entry - Grave Mistake