Fifth Dusk: The Design Document

Introduction
The Fifth Dusk is a PC third-person hack-and-slash RPG adventure following Toci, the daughter of King Coxcox, a girl unwittingly and brutally sacrificed, now resurrected by the god Huitzilopochtli as a last hope for the survival of the Aztec Empire against Hernan Cortes and his evil army of Conquistadors. Toci must spill enough blood to bring the universe back into order, and save the very people who flayed her alive.

Description
-Deep Stygian blue water-

-An eagle perched upon a prickly-pear cactus tearing apart a writhing snake-

-A severed ear-

Images fade into the bleakness of the subconscious, and wash away in the rising yellow light.

Toci has just been wretched from death; resurrecting at the peak of the Ziggurat temple in the heart of Tenochtitlan, and you stand before Huitzilopochtli, the city's patron, god of war and human sacrifice. With no time to lose, the setting is unveiled: Spanish troops have taken Texcoco to the west. Cortes and several tribes convinced of his divinity are amassing and moving towards Culhuacan, and already scouts have managed to infiltrated Tenochtitlan. The very existence of the Aztec Empire is at stake. Huitzilopochtli's open outstretched hand offers dagger, fresh blood staining the edge, pooling in his hand, dripping upon the ground.

From the top of of the Ziggurat, you navigate through the market and into southern districts on the lookout for Spanish spies. You see one, charge forward and slide the blade across the throat. The body falls, blood seeping into the dirt, and from the puddle, Xipe Totec arrises. The more blood spilled, it's explained, the stronger you grow. And though you wield great power, your dagger will not be enough, and your best course of action would be stopping back in the marketplace to buy stronger arms (some armor wouldn’t go amiss either), but only if you have enough Cacao beans to afford it.

The game world takes place in a 20x20 mile square, cut from the Valley of Mexico around Lake Texcoco encompassing the cities of Texcoco, Tenochtitlan, Culhuahan, Tlacopan, and Azcapotzalco.

Key features

• Uniquely lethal weapons 
• Five cities to explore
• Use special abilities to lay waste to Spanish hordes
• Ten different enemy types to dismember and disembowel

Genre
Third-person isometric hack and slash RPG.

Platforms
PC, Steam