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Can you become the king of the Emus? 


E.M.U is a rogue-like platformer with mechanical systems from Johnny Upgrade (2012), in the style of The Great Emu War.  


GAME DESCRIPTION

In Western Australia 1932, The Great Emu War has broken out, you must become the most powerful emu to defeat the humans.

In a platformer rogue-like from an emu's perspective about becoming more powerful on each run by upgrading your basic mechanics. The objective of the game is to upgrade your character until you feel you could defeat the final boss or complete all upgrades then beat the final boss anyway. The player will start with 1 life and a small amount of time to collect currency to upgrade the emu and make them more powerful. 


HOW TO PLAY

Agility: Run, jump and dodge your way through the level. 

Collect Organs: Collect in game currency to unlock upgrades. 1 organ = 10

Upgrades: Longer Count Down Timer, Stronger Attack, More Health, Speed and Jump.  The glide and kick upgrades are collectable in the level. 

Collectable Upgrades: Kick is a giant coin.  Glide is the blue orb.Once collected the glide a cloud appears on the bottom left of the screen. 

Obstacles: Avoid the flames and moving flames. Reach a 1 sided door. Attack enemies. Kick down the door to the end. 

Objective: Complete the main level to reach the end level. At the end level the player needs to complete a short complex platform level.  

Reach the end to become the Emu king!


CONTROLS

WASD - Move 

Spacebar - Jump

C Key - Glide

V Key - Attack/Kick


ART ASSETS

Tile Map made by Canios (2020)

Link to Asset Pack: Pixel Art Platformer - Village Props | Cainos | 2D Environments | Unity Asset Store

Enemy Art made by Superposition Principle (2022).

Link to Asset Pack: Asset FTTGR | Free Pixel Art Platformer | 2D Environments | Unity Asset Store

Icons made by Amanz (2025)

Link to Asset Pack: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/gui/icons/skymon-icon-pack-free-282424


MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS

Music by Kevin MacLeod. 

Link to websiteincompetech Music  

Sound effects were made using jsfxr - 8 bit sound maker and online sfx generator


Team Members 

This game was made by Amy and Josh.

Updated 13 days ago
Published 18 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Authoramyroyce
Made withUnity

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