There is a story of a beautiful princess trapped in the castle of a horrible demon. Many brave warriors have fallen trying to face the dangerous traps of the castle to save the princess!
The truth, however, is much more darker: The master of the castle is no one but the princess herself! She uses terrible dark magic to set traps for the hapless heroes who invade the castle, and then uses their blood to create more deadly traps for new heroes who dare to set their foot in the castle!
Mad Princess is a tower defence type of game. You control the princess, who uses blood as currency, to set up different traps from spiky floors to crossbow sentries to kill the invading heroes! The heroes travel in sideway 2D view in the halls of the castle, trying to reach the princess. If that happens, she is forcefully saved and probably married, or worse, taken to some mental care institution
---CONTROLS--- Use mouse to play, select different traps by picking their icons from the top screen and then place them down in the battlefield.
Press R to restart current Stage and Esc to return to main menu. Note that this will restart the whole game.
Press P to pause and unpause Use + and - to adjust volume and 0 to mute/unmute.
---TRAPS--- First trap is the Bombs, you can spawn them pretty much anywhere by just clicking empty space. They are cheap and pretty powerful, but be careful though, because they start rolling around easily and will blow up your traps if they happen to collide.
Second trap is the Spike Carpet, it falls on the ground and will sap the health of anyone who steps on it except Agile enemies. The invading heroes cannot attack it, but be careful when placing it, because it breaks if it touches other traps.
The third trap is the Wall, well, it is not really a trap, but a strong brick wall, that will halt the travel of the heroes until they manage the break it. Agile enemies can run through it with no harm though. The Wall will break any traps that collide with it.
The fourth trap is the Crossbow, it's an automatic sentry that will shoot arrows at the invaders. It's also a bit like the Wall, and will halt the heroes, but only briefly, because it's not as sturdy as the Wall. Agile enemies can also pass through it with no harm but they can still be hit with arrows.
The fifth and final trap is the Chain Ball, it spins in place in a round arc. It's very powerful, but it will destroy any traps it happens to smash into so be careful when placing it.
Minor nitpick: I wish it weren't possible to set traps during transitional states between levels (I kept accidentally clicking on them/setting off bombs during the "you win/try again" phase).
Nice take on the theme. The levels are just hard enough to try a couple of times without getting frustrated. It would be nice if the princess could take at least one hit. Not really any room for errors now. Anyway, I liked the game
Really liked it. The bomb level was a pain (do you need to hit with every single bomb?) but the concept is nice and the graphics were great. The music wasn't too shabby either :P I did find the ability to place traps during the win/lose screen a bit odd though.
Definitely a cool idea and fits well with the theme. The art style is great
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Cake&Code19 Dec 2012, 00:48
Great game!!! I love the attention to detail, like the Princess's face as she's being dragged out. I had the same thing happen that others commented on, where i killed the last hero during the dragging out phase and it was confused whether I won or lost. Awesome overall though, I had a lot of fun playing.
The agile enemies seem a tad overpowered D: That and no room for error made me just give up on the level where you have spikes and bombs to defeat those guys =/ Was enjoying up to that point, love the graphics.
I actually found this to be a bit frustrating. Having to click at the top to change weapons is very inconvenient; being able to quickly switch traps via numbers on the keyboard would allow for better micromanaging. Placing a trap too close to another trap/the princess results in the trap being destroyed, and I did that by accident fairly often.
The agile characters are a bit much to deal with. Running by spike traps and crossbows is fine, but bypassing walls renders the wall pretty much pointless
A few minor tweaks and wider levels could really improve the game
Great art and music! A bit on the challenging side but there's nothing wrong with that :D Fantastic entry and with more features and levels, this could do well on touch devices!
Very solid. Feels like a finished project with tons of polish. The scope of the game is just right. You didn't overextend yourself, but it still feels like there is a lot of game there. A wider variety of level designs would've made it perfect.
Great in every aspect! The only issue I found is with the try again and next wave screens. There's something odd about the way they respond, not sure exactly what.
It was an original and well made game, and the only thing that killed the fun for me was the balancing of the traps and enemies, which is easily fixed. One tactic I found helpful against the agile enemies was to place a spiketrap and drop a bomb over it when the guy ran on top of it. This was a lot easier than timing the bomb. Extremely well made, good job.
Really fun, polished game. Provided a nice challenge without being overbearing. The only issue I noticed is that the bombs are so cheap and powerful they basically become the easiest solution to every level. Still, great work!
Great graphics and music :D I think the side scrolling tower defence type idea works really well, was kind of what I was going for but I didn't quite get there!
Pretty nice graphics and decent music. It gets a bit frustrating at times (especially with the fast green dudes), but overall a solid nice game. Good job!
Damn this game is hard and frustrating x) The gameplay is polished even if a bit repetitive, the aesthetic is great and feedbacks are great,I have nothing to say except i wanna use moar bombs D:
Took me a while to get to this one, glad I waited. Nice to play a complete well constructed game after a few imperfects or incompletes. Looking forward to your post-compo version.
I love your princess! Great concept for the theme. The bombs were a little tricky.
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dark_hunter3 Jan 2013, 09:00
Very nice idea! I like the graphics. Quite addictive and challenging!
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refreshcreations3 Jan 2013, 16:13
I had great fun playing through this game, great level design at play here, nicely judged with the addition of new weaponry through the players progress! Also, the graphics and audio are ace!
Hard to say something that hasn't been stated already. The graphics and music are incredible. While the concept itself isn't unique to this Ludum Dare it definitely plays the best out of the couple dozen others I've played. I've followed the development of your post-compo version and any complaints I really had were fixed at this point. A very, very solid entry!
My only real nitpick is when placing the traps some of them are hard to place or don't react quite like you'd think, it would be nice for more feedback during the trap placement.
Pretty damn awesome game, and the post-compo is even more awesome. The post-compo pretty much resolved the quirkiness I found. Great work! I see you used cgMusic ;)
Wow, really impressive effort, loved the game. Got really sucked in, even though this is not a type of game I generally play.
I was surprised that I got stuck in level 2, and had to do a little work to get the timing of the bombs right. But you have a very good eye for level design, and from your tweets I can tell the post-compo is even better. Can't wait to try it!
Really solid, polished entry for sure; your pixel art is great as ever. The gameplay was solid but the difficulty in timing the bombs and such was pretty frustrating!
Awesome little game with a rad art style and nice progression. It's not too easy and not too hard. Music is rad and the game controls perfectly. Very nice work... and not just for 48 hours. You should be happy!
Minor nitpick: I wish it weren't possible to set traps during transitional states between levels (I kept accidentally clicking on them/setting off bombs during the "you win/try again" phase).