En Garde! – the swashbuckler action game! Battle graceless guards and nefarious noblemen in fast-paced fights full of spectacle. Use the environment, your wit and your blade to teach them all a lesson!
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[h3]🎺En Garde!'s student project is available for download again![/h3]
[b][i]En Garde![/i] the student game is a free game demo, created in 2018 as a student graduation project by the co-founders of Fireplace Games![/b]
Through it's ~20 minutes runtime, you will discover a part of [b]Adalia's origin story[/b]. The Volador Villa was seized by a mysterious invader and his henchmen. You will have to fight for your family's honor!
[h3]🔶 You can [url=https://engarde.itch.io/en-garde]download the student game for free here[/url]![/h3]
Despite its clunky gameplay and uneven writing, this student prototype already has the charm of a light-hearted swashbuckling adventure! Back in 2018, it had [b]great reception[/b] from industry professionals, players and youtubers (such as [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5pVh67E70w]Jacksepticeye[/url]), and won several [url=https://igf.com/article/2019-independent-games-festival-reveals-years-finalists]'best student game' awards and nominations[/url].
[b]The success of this prototype is what allowed us to make the full game a reality! [/b]
We hope you'll enjoy discovering the origins of [i]En Garde![/i] with this game prototype!
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As a bonus, here is a concept art for the [b]very first outfit[/b] that was designed for Adalia during the development of the student game. Her colors were based off of a magpie, Adalia's spirit bird!
In later iterations, we went for more colorful outfits to make her stand out more.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1654660/En_Garde/