Act 4 represents the final battle before the ending. The village has turned into a bandit hideout. I wanted to make the environment feel more toxic, abandoned, disgusting and unpleasant. I changed some of the lighting and added several colours for the Fog. In places it turns red, green, blue or black. These colours are very subtle, but they give the sense that there is something wrong in the village.
The river has alto turned green, as if it was toxic. Instead of calm villagers wandering around, now the village is full with bandits.
Those were the main changes in terms of level design. But in this level the gameplay is completely different from the others. I wanted to introduce a new mechanic, which would make this part of the game much more dynamic and full with action. The player controls Keisuke, who is riding a horse, leading a small army of other samurai with horses. Keisuke is wearing a bow and arrow and has the ability to shoot at the bandits. The goal of Act 4 is to kill 50 bandits and get rid of them, so that people can return to Aisaguri. This is explained better in the Programming page.
After completing this objective, the level ends with a cinematic cutscene.
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