An old school "beat-em-up" or brawler genre game ala Altered Beast, or Golden Axe. G-orctober features:

• Vibrant 2D graphics made in Inkscape
• Parallax scrolling background
• 8-bit chiptune sound fx made with bfxr
• On-screen controls for mobile/touchscreen devices
• Gamepad support (in addition to Keyboard)
• an Orc

Play as an Orc venturing through the Red Forest as you slaughter the hordes of ZOMBIE GNOMES! WHOMP 'em with your trusty mace, or leap into the air and land with a MIGHTY STOMP to deflect hordes of ankle biting undead.

KEEP MOVING! The game constantly scrolls to the right and if you get left behind, you PERISH! DON'T GET LEFT BEHIND!!!

How to Play

Keyboard

• To start a new game, press the 'N' key.
• Move around the screen with W,A,S, and D OR use arrow keys Up, Down, Left and Right
• Press SPACE to wield your MACE
• Press LEFT CTRL to LEAP
• P to pause the game
• 'F' or Alt-Enter to toggle FULLSCREEN mode
• 'Q', Ctrl-Q to QUIT the game

Gamepad

• To start a new game, click the RIGHT stick
• Left Stick/D-Pad Up, Down, Left and Right to move your character
• A button (the bottom button on your cross of buttons) to wield your MACE
• B button (the right button on your cross of buttons) to LEAP
• Start button to pause the game
• Click in the left stick (L3 button) to toggle FULLSCREEN
• Select Button to QUIT the game

Touchscreen/mobile device

• Left joystick icon serves as a trackpad. Touch and drag it around to move the Orc in that direction.
• Right buttons include wield your MACE, LEAP into the air, and PAUSE the game, tap any one of these to execute that action.
• Touch the ORC'S FACE in the UPPER LEFT of the screen to START the game.