Verdant Shield

Verdant Shield

Verdant Shield is a top-down 2D action-defense game built with Phaser 3, running inside Vite and Electron. 

In a desolate wasteland, you play as a soldier tasked with restoring life. By planting and cultivating cosmic flora, you spread life-giving green terrain across the map. However, you must defend your growing plants from slimes, orcs, and werewolves that seek to consume them. Balance your combat skills, manage your mana reserves, and defend the roots to revitalize the planet.

 ⌨️ Controls

W - Forward
A - Left
S - Down
D - Right

1 - 1st Power Up
2 - 2nd Power Up
3 - 3rd Power Up
Left Click - Sword Attack
Right Click - Bow Attack

 🛠️ Power-Ups & Skills

1. **Dash (Hotkey: `1` / `Shift`)**:

   * Temporarily boosts your movement speed from `300` to `550` to dodge attacks or cross the map quickly.

   * *Mana Cost:* `20` MP

2. **Grow / Resurrect (Hotkey: `2`)**:

   * Stand on a seed to grow it to a sapling and fully grown plant (increasing green spread speed).

   * Stand on a withered plant to resurrect it back to seed stage and restart its green terrain spreading process.

   * *Mana Cost:* `30` MP

👥 Credits

Created by Kabir Mukherjee & Pranay Gupta for the game jam competition of INTERFACE, the BSS 2026 Fest.

Art Assets:

* Character sprites, combat animations, and enemies: [Tiny RPG Character Asset Pack by Zerie](https://zerie.itch.io/tiny-rpg-character-asset-pack)

* Ground textures, bases, and wall tiles: [Mars Base Tileset Pack](https://zerie.itch.io/tiny-rpg-character-asset-pack)

* Soil & growth animations: [Soil Grow Pack (sc_grow_plants) by Zerie](https://zerie.itch.io/tiny-rpg-character-asset-pack)

* Cursor textures: Light Cursor Spritesheet.

*All soundtracks and sound effects are sourced from public domain directories.*