The Elves end the Shoemaker

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.84
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.49
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★35%
A poor shoemaker and his wife made a shoe with the last piece of leather before they slept. That night...

Tools used:
- FlashDevelop
- Flixel (ver. 2.55)
- EDGE
- Retro Music Editor

by Nora Shishi

Nora Games
http://noragames.com
https://twitter.com/noragames

Comments61

karnakgames23 Apr 2012, 03:29
Tiny pleasant game, good work.
jijaweb23 Apr 2012, 13:56
This was so great! hahahahahahaha.
rik
rik23 Apr 2012, 14:52
Haha, amazing. Very funny.
orgarus
orgarus23 Apr 2012, 20:46
WHAT!!! :D
Congrats!
Cheers!
KunoNoOni
KunoNoOni24 Apr 2012, 01:20
That was so AWESOME!
jrasmussen24
jrasmussen2424 Apr 2012, 02:14
I was too stupid to figure out to punch the shoelace panel. Good work overall.
MTO24 Apr 2012, 02:55
oh my car!
leafo
leafo24 Apr 2012, 03:01
Cool little game
graytest24 Apr 2012, 04:47
The gameplay is a bit too simplistic and repetitive for me.
NacMacNeedle24 Apr 2012, 07:17
Technical:
Works well, interesting use of the mouse as a controller, crisp and responsive movements.

Game itself:
LMAO that's hilarous! What a silly idea! I love it!
chambers
chambers24 Apr 2012, 07:51
I loved it. It's indeed a very simple game, but I see nothing wrong with that. Needless to say, reminds me of street fighter II. The graphic style, animation and sound are very coherent!
shieldofvalour
shieldofvalour24 Apr 2012, 10:24
I found it amusing, but the game mechanics seem to consist of 'press the button as fast as you can'.
quixotic-project
quixotic-project24 Apr 2012, 10:59
Short, but good game. Also good mouse clicking training ;D
uberneen
uberneen24 Apr 2012, 12:27
Simple and cute.
uuav
uuav24 Apr 2012, 14:20
awesome
shaunxcode
shaunxcode24 Apr 2012, 15:04
I liked this - totally reminded me of an actual NES game graphically/music/sound wise which is a plus in my book. wish it had been a bit longer.
soy_yuma24 Apr 2012, 15:54
Cute! Though I think it's a bit shallow.
Daniel24 Apr 2012, 18:01
Silly but awesome!
NoLan Labs24 Apr 2012, 18:21
I love the retro style, very well done. Great little game.
jimmypaulin
jimmypaulin24 Apr 2012, 20:02
I just loved that haha! Beat the hell out of a shoe, and why not? You've got sole dude...
kroltan
kroltan24 Apr 2012, 20:09
I laughed at the nonsense.
Nice game!
tripleVisionGames24 Apr 2012, 20:19
Awesomes!!!!!!!! Kill the boot!!!!! Very much fun and definately tiny!
piterlouis
piterlouis24 Apr 2012, 21:32
This game remember me the bonus stages of final fight. Awesome!!
vipah24 Apr 2012, 21:53
Very cool, love the retro graphics.
LeReveur
LeReveur24 Apr 2012, 23:39
Tiny, fun, simple. Short, but good.
bburbank25 Apr 2012, 02:21
Fantastic! Really wanted the shoemaker to come out at the end and say "OH. MY SHOE."
Datamosh
Datamosh25 Apr 2012, 07:08
Just great! Lovely NES tribute too! But really tiny!
Datamosh
Datamosh25 Apr 2012, 07:08
Just great! Lovely NES tribute too! But really t
gnx25 Apr 2012, 10:52
The graphics are spot on emulation of 8bit times. I find the controls workable and the action fun. A very simple, pleasent game.
FrederickK25 Apr 2012, 15:35
Very creative! Loved!
Orni
Orni25 Apr 2012, 15:51
ridiculously funny game
enjoyed it a lot - very japanese game-style
cr0ybot
cr0ybot25 Apr 2012, 16:07
Great polished game for 48 hours! Excellent scope, for sure. Perfect for this sort of short game dev challenge.
Sheep25 Apr 2012, 17:35
Haha, sweet short game.
bompo
bompo25 Apr 2012, 18:15
Like the good old times ^^
edbadiux
edbadiux25 Apr 2012, 18:28
Simple, polished and elegant. Great game! =)
MaximSchoemaker
MaximSchoemaker25 Apr 2012, 20:08
Hahahahaha! This game made me laugh so hard xD
Gorgeous graphics too! ^^
sudorossy
sudorossy25 Apr 2012, 21:41
Quite a fun little game, I can see how it can become addictive trying to get the highest score. I don't think it quite fits in with theme though.
ElzingaT25 Apr 2012, 23:04
I liked the art and sound style. Pretty simple as far as gameplay goes but a good amount of polish. Nice work.
ziomorti
ziomorti25 Apr 2012, 23:51
Simple yet so much fun! Really enjoyed playing with this!
rvmook
rvmook26 Apr 2012, 10:10
Controls feel great, cool game! Would've been nice to see the story back somewhere in the title or endscreen.
blob
blob26 Apr 2012, 10:24
Hahah ! Hilarious. I want a level two versus a dc martens.
Maple
Maple27 Apr 2012, 07:32
Damn, that was good. Really simple, but effective little thing. :) And the concept, haha. Those elves are ruthless, man. Also, I miss-read the title as "The Elves and the Shoemaker", which I'm glad I un-miss-read before playing, because it's a good title, hehe.
tcstyle28 Apr 2012, 19:18
Neat game mechanic and lovely retro style. Quiet short.
matthias_zarzecki28 Apr 2012, 19:26
Well, that was stupid. And fun!
moonmagic
moonmagic29 Apr 2012, 05:04
The fanfare at the end! Perfect. A gleeful expression of the futility of the bootstrap myth.
Muu? (lanoiadimuu)
Muu? (lanoiadimuu)29 Apr 2012, 16:16
Too bad I can't give you 6 stars in humor, this is absolutely the most nonsense and humorous game.
Make A Game
Make A Game2 May 2012, 11:48
How did you come up with this? I love the backstory and how simple the controls are.
The character art reminded me of River City Ransom, which actually made the goal very clear right from the start.
Well done!
onehandclap
onehandclap2 May 2012, 13:30
This really came as a pleasant surprise, good job! =)
GreyShock
GreyShock2 May 2012, 13:30
Great gameplay, theme approaching, art... tiny game with solid fun. Congrats! :D
Jhelle
Jhelle2 May 2012, 13:59
Lovely retro game, simple and sweet. Good job!
Endurion
Endurion2 May 2012, 19:00
Nice little game :)
Fun to play, movement with the mouse is a bad idea though, especially since the elf moves slow and my screen does have a right end.
BNeutral
BNeutral2 May 2012, 22:19
Hahaha, fantastic!
MrBarnslig4 May 2012, 05:10
Ha! This was really fun, albeit incredibly short. The control scheme was a little unintuitive, I expected to use space or X and the arrow keys for a side scroller, it kind of reminded me of that Mario AI competition. But the artwork and the music were spot on NES era. Love the Street Fighter beat up the car gameplay. Nice work!
Lythom5 May 2012, 15:06
Not a lot of depth but nice mouse smashing game.
Tom 7
Tom 75 May 2012, 21:16
Cute!! The graphics are great. The game is very short, as you know, but a fun and complete little bonus round. :)

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