
Sakura's Journey - Temples of Corruption
A downloadable game for Windows
Sakura’s Journey is a twin-stick arena shooter with tower defense elements and boss fights.
The player assumes the role of „Kitsune hime“: a fox masked priest with demi-god qualities.
Players have to fight their way through increasingly challenging arenas and endless waves of enemies. In doing so, they can hone their skills and become an evermore capable fighters as they upgrade every action to their liking.
Story
The forsaken princess Takiyasha Hime has sworn bloody vengeance to the Kami who once betrayed her family. She has conjured an army of Yokai from the Land of Darkness – yomi no kuni – to wreak havoc in the temples worshipping those Kami. Only an essence of purity can cleanse the temples and free them of the evil which has befallen them: the Yokai-spirits haunting the once holy halls. This force is the character, Kitsune hime, and her spiritual totem: a holy sakura tree, an aspect of her own power.

Gameplay
- Speedy Gameplay: Fast action, fast enemies, fast levels
- Powerful Character Moves: Shoot enemies with your elemental powers, Crush droves of Foes with your Dash & Shockwave special attacks
- Stunning VFX
- Persist in four challenging arenas, each with a different mission goal:
- Survive in the Temple of Earth
- Defend the holy Sakura Tree in the Temple of Water
- Fight the Jubokko boss in the Temple of Fire
- Finally, Defend the holy Sakura Tree and Fight the Jubokko boss in the Temple of Wind

Team-Members
Robert Schmieder: Lead Game Designer, Level Design, UI/UX Design, Game Design Documentation, Quality Assurance
Jannik Kluge: Lead Game Engineer, Technical Design Documentation, Webdesigner
Steve Betkier: Game Producer, Game Designer, VFX, Sound, Engineering

Nefeli Papandreou: 2D-Art, Character-Art, Animation, UI-Art

Andreea Mihalcea: 3D-Art

Leander Seidler: 2D-Art

Jennifer Braun: Art Lead, UI-Art

New Version:
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Author | School for Games |
| Genre | Shooter |
| Made with | Godot |
| Tags | 2D, 3D, Arena Shooter, Movement Shooter, sumi-e, Top down shooter, Twin Stick Shooter |
| Average session | A few minutes |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Download
Development log
- Final ReleaseMar 13, 2025






Leave a comment
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.