A downloadable game

This is a Zelda game I wrote from scratch in C# using the Monogame game framework. I modified the sprite sheets in Aseprite and built the levels in Tiled. My aim was to create a new story but keep the game's look and feel as close to the original Oracles games as possible. The story is much shorter than a real Zelda game, and doesn't feature any dungeons or bosses, but is a fun bit of nostalgia for fans of the GBC Zelda games. The game should take 30-60 mins to complete. This game features an AUTOSAVE that saves whenever a level is loaded or a key item is obtained.

You can go to /Legend of Zelda Fangame/Resources/State.txt to delete or modify the saved game.

Feel free to leave a comment if you enjoy it or have any ideas that you’d like to see in an Oracles game.

Controls:

  • Z - Sword (Item needed)
  • X - Talk; Secondary Item
  • C - Cycle Secondary Item
  • Space - Jump (Item needed)
  • Arrows - Move
StatusReleased
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Authormattmd
GenreAdventure
Made withAseprite, MonoGame, Tiled
Tags16-bit, 2D, Game Boy, oracles, Pixel Art, zelda
Average sessionAbout an hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard

Download

Download
Legend of Zelda Fangame.zip 16 MB

Install instructions

Download the zip file and extract it. Then double click the "Legend of Zelda.exe" application file (it has Link as the icon).

Comments

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really nice game, enjoyed it! :-)

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Feedback, carrying the boulders off screen can cause glitchy stuff to happen. See here: 

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I'm having trouble with the controls on my AZERTY keyboard and trying to figure out how the changing of the seasons works.


Edit: I figured it out, but here is a feedback.... I didn't know that I had to get the flute first. Maybe if you first go for the song of storms, give a little hint in the dialogue of the dude?

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pretty solid!

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Oh man, Oracle of Seasons is like my favorite game, ever!

Doesn't seem to be working for me though :\ Was excited to give it a try.
I'm on Windows 10, using Avast antivirus (which I don't feel like turning off...)

I try to open the .exe, and nothing happens. Checking the task manager, the program suspends and then disappears...  Not sure what's wrong.

Any ideas? (already tried making a blank .txt named State)

Dang, a few people have had this problem with the exe not launching. I haven’t used Avast, but maybe adding game’s exe file to Avast’s exemption list would help? Otherwise I’m not sure.

Hope you’re able to get it working

Turned off Avast and got the game working. Turned it back on, and after trying to read a sign, the ransomware shield was alerted because the .exe is trying to delete a file. It's a .wav file, in this case.
Guess it has something to do with how the sound system was programmed! 

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I got softlocked! Because the "seasons" reset whenever you leave an interior, I entered this house in the winter, without flippers. I exited, and ended up here. Even after dying, or exiting and reentering the game, i respawn here, and can't leave!!

Shoot! Thanks for reporting that bug! For now, if you open the save file (it’s just a text file in the folder where the executable is located) and mess with your world location variable then relaunch the game, it may move you somewhere where you aren’t stuck. I’d recommend changing the X coordinate by +\- 1.

Can confirm, "bug" is still there

This game looks great but anyway you can make it accsable for normal download? the zip stuff confuses me and u have to take risks to make it work

No worries, its simple. Download the zip, open it, drag the folder that is inside the zip to wherever you want it, open folder and run the exe file. The game is built in a way that doesn't require installing. It can likely be run off of a flash drive and makes no changes to your pc. Its best to keep files like that in zip format to avoid download corruption. Today seems a good day to learn how to use zip software. It will come in handy later.