A storyline would be good but wont help the lack of options in gameplay. The good point is in this kind of game, block is usually a useless move. In your game you have to block to hit again, that's a bit repetitive but it works. Infact you just need to add some other attacks, crouch or distance attack.
I wanted to add some magic or different types of enemies, but lost too much time doing nothing to improve the game... It's my first LD, so I'll listen to the advices, and I hope my next game will be better.
Although the game is extremely simple, this was sort of fun; the challenge was to figure out how to handle multiple attackers. The answer I found was to stand in front of the left cave and keep blocking, then punch right after the attackers (who crawled in from the right) punched at me. Anybody who came from the left didn't seem to attack, maybe because he emerged right on top of me. Anyway, that technique lets you attack without being attacked, and might be the only way to get to 25 without dying. Good start; more gameplay complexity might be good. I liked the art style; the gray guys and their animations were funny.
haha, it was too difficult for me (maybe it ran too fast?). Your first LD? Well done. Maybe to get more out of the 48 hours you could try to use a platform/framework that does a lot of basic stuff for you (like gamemaker), so you can work more on gameplay/graphicss/sound.
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