Ludum Dare #25compo

Castle of Doom

by vivavolt

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.02

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★78%

You play as the castle attempting to stop heroic knights from rescuing the princess held within your walls.

Controls:
Mouse: select active enemy
Space: use enemy ability
R: Restart level
To retry a level after failing or proceed to the next level, just click.

Source is included in the windows download. Made in MMF2 (and not commented), so be prepared for that I guess.

Postmortem: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/12/16/first-ld-castle-of-doom-a-post-mortem/

Comments28

HBurd17 Dec 2012, 03:34

Love the music!

GameRespect17 Dec 2012, 03:38

I like it! Its fun :D a little on the short side though.

Spierek17 Dec 2012, 03:38

The music was really hilarious, too bad it stops playing after resetting the level.

rylgh17 Dec 2012, 03:40

niceeee i love the sfx and beatboxing

ming_tea17 Dec 2012, 03:40

I had a blast playing this, kudos!

ZwodahS17 Dec 2012, 03:44

I got through all level using cannon spamming, not sure if it is intended ;D

timtipgames17 Dec 2012, 03:48

Your audio-work is awesome ;)
The basic game mechanics are really nice. It is really difficult though. It feels like one has to be nearly perfect to reach the next level. Also the cannons feel a bit unbalanced because they can do the majority of damage.
But the "handdrawn-graphics" together with the unique sounds make it really a nice game to play.

Blooperly17 Dec 2012, 03:59

Best game I've played so far!! Great job!

impulse917 Dec 2012, 04:04

Lol! Great music and sound effects! Funny game as well!

mamoniem17 Dec 2012, 05:01

i enjiyed this funny one :) you are so talnted @ music :D

Quarry17 Dec 2012, 05:12

Very enjoyable, loved the music

Diventurer17 Dec 2012, 06:04

Very nice game. I really like how you handled the music.

lekiy17 Dec 2012, 06:53

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vids17 Dec 2012, 07:07

4+ across the board! Good work!

Msquirrel17 Dec 2012, 07:53

This was really fun, good job!

NuSan17 Dec 2012, 08:41

Cool, realy difficult too, and it took my a minute to understand that i wasnt the nice knight but the master of evil creature ^^

Meep17 Dec 2012, 09:03

Very fun game! Might be good to add a cooldown to the cannon. :P

Drabiter17 Dec 2012, 11:34

Floor spike maybe useless, he slashes it before jumps into it. But the audio is good. Is that you who do the rap? :)

Tifu17 Dec 2012, 12:01

Good game. I think the only problem is that when an enemy/trap is destroyed, you automatically select the next one - this resulted in me, for example, pressing space to try to activate a skull bomb, but the knight destroys it, and I instantly set off the next trap :(

GeorgeBroussard17 Dec 2012, 13:25

I love this more than I have a right to! The art style and your voice/music track is - awesome. Could definitely see this as a real game with lots of levels and trying to 3-star levels, etc, like Angry Birds. Lots of potential here. Explore it! Would work on some of the mechanics a little. I had trouble damaging the Knight enough and some of the traps seemed ineffective. Totally fixable, though. Love it.

ananasblau17 Dec 2012, 13:59

Self-sampled music, great one :)

rumachine17 Dec 2012, 14:22

that was really great, love the music

munchor17 Dec 2012, 14:28

Love everything about it. Reminds me of Deathrun Mod from Counter Strike 1.6, but applied to a 2D Platformer. Timing is tough to get right, what a brilliant entry!

Tobias Wehrum17 Dec 2012, 16:59

5/5 Audio. Easily! Gosh, it's so much fun.

I really like the concept, and it is fun to play. And watch. The graphics are adorable.

I'd love to have a little bit more strategy instead of just reaction, but I dunno about any concrete mechanics there myself. Oh, and I'm not sure why I can't just click on them to trigger!

All in all, a really enjoyable game.

Sestren19 Dec 2012, 03:40

The cannons rock. Love the beatboxing and the humor in this game.