In the 13th century, a terrifying warrior from Mongolia went on a quest to rescue his wife...

After slashing through hordes of enemies, became the most feared, ruthless and respected leader of Mongolia:

Genghis Khan!

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The Terror of Mongolia is a rogue-like shooter set in the 13th century, recounting the tale of Genghis Khan. Riding the plains of Mongolia, Khan is on a quest to rescue Börte, his first wife, who's been kidnapped by the rival tribe leader Jamukha the Jadaran.

Objective:

Find Börte before the timer runs out, and reach Jamukha.

About:

This game was produced for js13kgames competition, and ranked:

🏆 12th place in 2023 js13kgames competition

Controls:

• Use arrow keys or AWSD to move
• Press Space to shoot
• Hold Space while moving to keep shooting in the same direction.
• M to mute music. F to mute SFX.

Features:

• Horse riding.
• Archery.
• Shoot-em-up style gameplay.
• A dozen upgrades.
• Ramping up difficulty
• Morricone-style music.
• Inspired by real historical events.

Credits and tools:

• Soundbox was used for composing music
• Both songs composed are covers from Ennio Morricone
• Roadroller and uglify were used for file size reduction
• "The Galloping Horse" (1878) from Eadweard Muybridge (the first motion picture ever made) was used as model for horse animation.
• ChatGPT used to help me learn about historical events and Mongolian culture in the 13th century.

Post-Jam update:

This is a post-jam version, so it's more than 13kb, but it includes more features, SFX and cutscenes.

Original game-jam entry: https://js13kgames.com/entries/the-terror-of-mongolia

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Nov 18, UPDATE:

Thanks for the front page!

I just realized I missed adding one important leaderboard: Highest level!

I'm just really curious how far y'all get to. I guess level is part of High score, but you can also get that by grinding. Well, now it's added. How far can you go?