Ludum Dare #25compo

Horrible Horace

by berkano

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.82

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.43

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.90

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.55

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.76

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.18

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.65

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★45%

Horrible Horace is hungry for power despite a bad hangover. Help him conquer the kingdom of Hibblesworth.

Find a sword and some treasure. Kill or Corrupt The People. Kill Everything Cute. Wait for a Hero to turn up... and defeat him. Avoid Monsters.

2D roguelike (kinda) with a ZX Speccy Aesthetic.

You can either download the platform independent Java build, or run as a Web Applet.

NOTE: When game is over (either you die or you win), it says "PRESS ENTER" but nothing will happen. Just restart the program completely if you want to play again :-)

See the full play guide on my compo blog, or go to http://tinyurl.com/boh8wat

Enjoy!

Comments15

prettymuchbryce18 Dec 2012, 19:36

The Jar couldn't be launched. OSX 10.8.1

Starspell18 Dec 2012, 19:41

I get a Pixel format not accelerated error on the web version. And from the windows version I get an UnsatisfiedLinkError in the loadLibrary function.

I'll try again later on a different computer

Contraspect18 Dec 2012, 19:50

It was a bit confusing at first, but fun after I got the hang of it!

Benjamin18 Dec 2012, 19:53

Very fun to play despite the fact that it need many tries to undestant where is the "hit zone of the items".
I also get stuck on the gameover sequence, even if I press enter nothing happen.

Zener18 Dec 2012, 19:54

Fun game, I like the retro style and all the audio effects and music. Difficulty is also from the eighties.

Blodyavenger18 Dec 2012, 19:57

Great game Borkano! I loved spectrum style of graphics and sound. Big plus for minigame to proove that you are innocent. I have fun with this game, very innovative and fun for 48 hours.

berkanoauthor18 Dec 2012, 20:18

@prettymuchbryce thanks for letting me know, unfortunately I don't have a Mac to test it with :-( Does the web version work for you? And you could try running this directly from Terminal: java -Djava.library.path=./native/macosx -jar game.jar

berkanoauthor18 Dec 2012, 20:25

@starspell It might be a limitation of LWJGL + your graphics card or might be a bug from me, I'm not sure sorry!

berkanoauthor18 Dec 2012, 20:26

@Benjamin glad you enjoyed it! Sorry, yes there is no way to restart when the game is over or you win, I'll add a note!

pillbrain18 Dec 2012, 22:29

Quite fun, everyone loves killing fluffy things with swords!

har_g19 Dec 2012, 13:13

I like the water effetct when i run in an wall, it make my screen blink :s

angrygeometry19 Dec 2012, 23:21

this is great!

Grungi Ankhfire20 Dec 2012, 21:18

Pretty fun game. Absolutely loved the aesthetics, and the game feels pretty solid. No obvious bug or anything (except the restart thing). Very well done!

Sergey Mohov26 Dec 2012, 14:52

Not a big fan of your collision detection and controls, but otherwise really pleased by this Spectrum imitation. Good job.

KevinWorkman5 Jan 2013, 17:08

I really liked this game. The collision detection could have been a little more intuitive (such as the attack direction), but overall this was really enjoyable. I liked the minigames such as pleading innocent at trial, and could see this game being expanded into a full version.

By the way, if you're looking for a better host than dropbox, you might check out the free Java hosting I offer at http://StaticVoidGames.com. We handle LWJGL automatically. Either way, nice work!