3: Who needs 297 anyway?

by 0beah
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.38
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★49%
W: to attack

S: to defend

A: to move back

D: to move forward

Games over when all 3 little spartan dudes are dead.

Minotaur can only be hurt by spears (barrel through shields)

Hydras can only be hit reflected fireballs.

We tried to incorporate the minimal theme into everything. From game play mechanics to colour scheme.

This is our very first Ludum Dare. I had a load of fun and I came to view all of the team in a new light. Its refreshingly awesome to see what we can do when we actually try. Good job guys!

Team:

Code: Glen Henry (code monkey)

Lead Artist: Jabari Brown (Pixel God!!!)

Sound: Jamaal Chanroo (Owner and person who gave us food)

Sound: Shaun Douglas (Mystery Memeber X!)

So .... here it is!

3!!!!!!!!!!

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Comments12

VictorGrunn30 Apr 2013, 01:36
I always like a game with a greco-roman theme. A little bit on the loose side with controls, but otherwise fun.
madlee
madlee1 May 2013, 03:21
i like the style a lot, although the gameplay became a little to easy. I would like to have seen a motivation for letting the player move left/right (ie, a reason to ever move to the right). Good job on your first ludum dare!
CosmicAdventureSquad
CosmicAdventureSquad1 May 2013, 05:13
Nice fast-paced reflex game. The game was quite big on my laptop screen however, and pressing up/down would shift the entire browser window along with it. I found that rapidly pressing W and S in quick succession can let my guys survive for quite some time :P Maybe like madlee said, an incentive to move around can add another level of interesting gameplay without really getting rid of the minimalism.

Otherwise, a fun little game. I love the smooth frame-by-frame animation of the soldiers!

-Rosypenguin
(This is a team account)
Blinked4 May 2013, 00:43
Love the art, and the mechanics hit the theme very well :)
SneakySalmon4 May 2013, 01:28
Quite fun, would be nice to have a score thing or something.
CataclysmicKnight
CataclysmicKnight4 May 2013, 01:31
WOW!!!! Once I got the concept, this was an awesome game! Sure, it gets repetitive at the end, but it really is fun, and the art style is AMAZING! Games = art? This sure does! I'd love to see this played on an urn, or perhaps a future version with multiple urns, each with their own challenges?
DDRKirby(ISQ)5 May 2013, 00:19
Neat style, yay.
domrein5 May 2013, 04:14
I liked it. The game moved way too fast, but it was pretty fun. Great use of the theme as well.
joekinley
joekinley5 May 2013, 21:11
What a tough game. It is very hard as soon as you did your first block, as the changing of the enemies came very rapidly. So it was hard to catch up. Also the controls were rather hard as I had to steer with my left hand.

Still nice work. I like the basic idea and the graphics. Good job on that. Was fun to play.
Fnkee5 May 2013, 21:52
Would love to see some goal or score for this game, to keep the player motivated. Other than that it's a pretty good game! Wonderful audio.

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