Blade of Batiniyya is a top-down Assassins' Creed style sandbox game, with the intentions of:

　　Giving players a "black box" assassination mission, with no hand-holdingAllowing emergent gameplay from systemic design This is an overhauled version of an old project file of mine that had the bare bones of social stealth and a large crowd simulation. It's now much more fleshed out, and all the pixel art has been updated.

　　Controls:

　　Z (keyboard) / A (Gamepad): Confirm (Menu), Assassinate/LockpickShift (Keyboard) / B (Gamepad): Cancel (Menu), Run/ParkourX (Keyboard) / X (Gamepad): Throw CoinsC (Keyboard) / Y (Gamepad): Smoke BombArrows (Keyboard) / D-Pad (Gamepad): Selection (Menu), MoveEscape (Keyboard) / Start (Gamepad): Pause Social Stealth System Features:

　　Blending in with crowds allows the player to evade hostiles or even not attract attention in the first placeDoing weird stuff like standing still for ages, staring at guards, jiggling around rapidly, or running everywhere will make guards suspiciousYou can bump into NPCs to pickpocket them, but they will cry out and try to avoid you for being not socially acceptableCoins can be thrown down to temporarily attract nearby citizens, if you need some quick social coverCitizens can flee in panic, spreading the panic to other citizensGuards can share information on a troublesome intruderDynamic weather system that affects the above systems Other Features:

　　Interactive Tutorial (play this first!)Ranking system based on how much of a "blade in the crowd" you areSandbox-modifying elements "borrowed" from MSGV - e.g. steal food supplies from the enemy's restricted zones to weaken them next time, steal gold to fund the Order of Assassins and have allies provide you with Smoke Bombs next timeRun to parkour over waist-high obstacles like tables, as long as you still have staminaTraditional stealth ingredients are still here - e.g. hiding in bushes, making noises on different floor types (Water/Tiles) like the Thief series, making noises by running into pottery and breaking it