Night Of The Portal

Winner of the Norwich Game Festival Fine Award.

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Warning: This game contains flashing lights and visual effects that may trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Please play with caution.

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Night of the Portal

A strange portal to an unknown realm has opened, allowing strange creatures long thought lost to time to invade your home city. Hurry back to the forum and close the portal!

Night Of The Portal is a retro-inspired pixel art platformer with multiple paths to explore.

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How to Play

• Move Left: Left Arrow / A
• Move Right: Right Arrow / D
• Jump: Space
• Crouch: Down Arrow / S
• Fall Through Platform: Crouch + Jump

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About

Created in GameMaker for the Norwich Games Festival Jam 2025.

• Art: Aseprite & GIMP
• Music: FL Studio
• SFX: JSFXR
• Extensions: Scribble, PPFX, SnowState

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Team

• TheAtrxcity: Game Design, Programming, Art, Music
• Not Jam: Art, Fonts

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Developer Notes

TheAtrxcity: A lot is missing as I've had quite the few hurdles. Things that were planned and didn't make it in the release:

• Leaderboards
• Pickups and secret areas
• More Landmarks (Plantation Garden, Cow Tower, Elmstreet)
• Wall Slides, Special Jumps, Interactable terrain