You are the feared Black Knight. You are in charge of a small passage in the dark wood and you decide who's allowed to pass: no one!
Unfortunately there are quite a few pesky peasants out trying to cross the bridge to do some of their daily bidding, something you shall not endorse.
Keep the peasants from crossing, but watch your rage, as you might get angry enough causing your head to explode in anger. You don't want your head explode, do you?
Every killed peasant will lower your anger, while every escaped peasant will raise your rage. If your rage exceeds your rage meter, you're going to explode and the game is lost. Use your attack key to restart the game.
Keyboard Controls:
Walk left: Cursor left, A Walk right: Cursor right, D Walk up: Cursor up, W Walk down: Cursor down, S Sword thrust: Space, Return
Kind of reminds me of a scene in Robin Hood: Men in Tights... why is he so concerned about a bridge when the little dudes just run over the river anyway? Silly knight dude D:
Enjoyed your game. Especially the art. I laughed when the fast mobs came by.
Just a quick note on my game, there is a help file and a splash screen that tells you the commands. I replied to your comment on my page for more information.
That is a cute little game! I really liked your spritework, and the game was fun to play. Sounds were nice too.
Some comments: - I really expected the bridge to mean something. I understand that the game won't quite work if the peasants can only walk through the bridge, but what if walking across the river made the peasants/knigh move slower?
- Mashing the space bar to attack was not so good. I usually don't like it when games make me mash a key. Maybe just holding it should suffice to keep attaking?
- A minor note regarding packaging: Put all your files in a directory in the zip file! With so many games to play, it is nice if I can open the zip and drag the game directly to my LD folder, without worrying about creating a special folder to it :-)
Well, let's see - maybe I'll do an expanded version with some more features, enemies, weapons and different ground tiles.
Spacebar mashing: I know both sides and I dislike both. Maybe I should just make hitting a bit easier, so you don't have to mash that excessive.
Zip folder: I usually extract stuff to sub dirs. named after the zip (not by hand), so I hate included directories - can't make everyone happy there. :)
Nice game that is a bit unbalanced, it goes from really easy to completely insane very suddenly. Nice art style but I have to object: his head did not explode, his whole body exploded in a ball of smoke. I also expected the bridge to be of more significance than just a being a different tile index. Nice.
Balance is a bit based on luck, there should be one new additional peasant every ~ 15 seconds. The explosion is that way due to the armor being really tight and protective. As for the bridge... I'll definitely create a more advanced version some time soon incorporating all suggestions posted here (like the bridge one).
Didn't expect so many people to actually like it due to it's simplicity. Keep the comments/suggestions coming. :)
Wow, this was definitely more fun than I expected. The balance of anger going down when you kill, and going up, when a peasant gets away is spot on, I got 40 kills >:) Also the graphics are good, and the sound effects are a nice touch.
"But your leg's off!" >_< Like others, I loved it, including the pixel art (how did you do it?). Would have been nice to be able to move diagonally but generally super-cute :-) I think the Android/Ouya/etc ports will do well -- good luck!
Love the Monty Python reference and the game does well what it sets out to do! The limited scope hurts it a little though, woulda been nice to see some expansion on this idea along the lines of what others have said. Liked the art too! Tiny window size is somewhat appealing, although I don't know why.
I've just incorporated two of the most often whished items: - Water now slows down the player as well as peasants. - It is now possible to hold down the attack key to keep poking.
I've added an updated binary above (separate link). Updated source code can be found in the repositories.
nice graphics! Some background music would help. Funny idea, running after passerby's, flailing your sword at them. As suggested before, would be good if the bridge had more function.
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Just a quick note on my game, there is a help file and a splash screen that tells you the commands. I replied to your comment on my page for more information.
Some comments:
- I really expected the bridge to mean something. I understand that the game won't quite work if the peasants can only walk through the bridge, but what if walking across the river made the peasants/knigh move slower?
- Mashing the space bar to attack was not so good. I usually don't like it when games make me mash a key. Maybe just holding it should suffice to keep attaking?
- A minor note regarding packaging: Put all your files in a directory in the zip file! With so many games to play, it is nice if I can open the zip and drag the game directly to my LD folder, without worrying about creating a special folder to it :-)
Thanks for the game!
Spacebar mashing: I know both sides and I dislike both. Maybe I should just make hitting a bit easier, so you don't have to mash that excessive.
Zip folder: I usually extract stuff to sub dirs. named after the zip (not by hand), so I hate included directories - can't make everyone happy there. :)
bigbadwofl: Okay, will have another look.
I also expected the bridge to be of more significance than just a being a different tile index.
Nice.
Didn't expect so many people to actually like it due to it's simplicity. Keep the comments/suggestions coming. :)
The balance of anger going down when you kill, and going up, when a peasant gets away is spot on, I got 40 kills >:)
Also the graphics are good, and the sound effects are a nice touch.
Like others, I loved it, including the pixel art (how did you do it?). Would have been nice to be able to move diagonally but generally super-cute :-)
I think the Android/Ouya/etc ports will do well -- good luck!
You should actually be able to move in 8 directions, so might be your keyboard.
- Water now slows down the player as well as peasants.
- It is now possible to hold down the attack key to keep poking.
I've added an updated binary above (separate link). Updated source code can be found in the repositories.