About the Game

Journey of the Cowboy King is a Stardew Valley-inspired arcade game created with no game engine as a university project. Drawing from the charm of Journey of the Prairie King, this game is our tribute to retro shooters.

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Keyboard Controls:

WASD: Move

Arrow Keys: Shoot

Esc: Pause

Controller Controls:

Left Joystick: Move 

Right Joystick: Shoot 

Start Button: Pause

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Our Goal 

This project was developed in just one month with no game engine as part of a course to explore Vulkan, Gateware, and EnTT. It's been a challenging but rewarding experience as we learned the ins and outs of game development.

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A Note from Us 

This is purely a learning experience, and we want to emphasize that it’s not intended to replicate or compete with the original game. We hope it brings a little fun to your day and showcases what two students can create with dedication and creativity!

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Credits

Sunrise Productions Team

• Jazmine Chargualaf
  - UI Programming
  - Tools and Systems Programming
  - Asset Integration
• Drake Curry
  - Gameplay Programming
  - Level Design
  - Audio Management

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Tools & Frameworks

• EnTT | Michele Caini | MIT License
• Gateware | 7thGateSoftware LLC | MIT License
• inifile-cpp | Fabian Meyer | MIT License
• JSON for Modern C++ | Niels Lohmann | MIT License

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Assets & Resources

• Models by Bradley Leffler
  - Inspired by the art from Stardew Valley's Journey to the Prairie King
• Music
  - A Journey Awaits | by Pierre Bondoerffer (@pbondoer on X) | CC-BY-SA 3.0 License
  - Lasso Lady | by congusbongus | CC0 License
• Sound Effects
  - Pixabay | Content License
• Font
  - Tiny5 | by Stefan Schmidt

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Special Thanks

Thank you to our Full Sail University instructors Bradley Leffler, Justin Edwards, and Lari Norri who supported and guided us during this month.

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Stay Connected

Follow Jazmine's work:

• Itch.io
• LinkedIn
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Follow Drake's work:

• Itch.io
• LinkedIn