A game made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare. It was inspired by Alex Kidd and Samurai Kirby (from Kirby Superstar).
This game is a tribute to the games that I liked when I was young, so all the Japanese text and voice (and even the tittle!) make absolutely no sense. I wanted people to feel the way I felt when I played Japanese games, where nothing made sense.
The single player mode has 11 levels and an ending image. If you to check out more about my work you can find it here: http://www.studiominiboss.com
Special thanks to my lovely wife @amora_b and to @ninaringo, who kept feeding me cookies and cupcakes while I was making this game!
INSTRUCTIONS: The game should be self explanatory, but here are the controls:
First player (or single player): SPACE: Attack. Z or X: Change move.
Second Player: ENTER: Attack O or P: Change move. Wait for the Signal to attack (Watch out for the fake signal!)! And the moves works in a similar way to Rock, Paper Scissors.
KNOWN BUGS: - There's a bug that sometimes may freeze the game if you attack right before the signal. But it's very uncommon, so just refresh and try again if you get it! I'll fix it on the next build!
As expected, simple, but so different! It's hard to see a well-designed rock-paper-scissors game with some level of challenge! I'm astonished! :D (The sound effects are great too!)
I really, really enjoyed this one. This game gets my highest ratings yet. Fantastic art direction, simple mechanics, great soundtrack, moody feel. You should be very, very proud of this. Fantastic job!
Great ! That's so amusing, we have more or less the same gameplay and the same theme (samurai, ninja, whatever). My game is also about dueling with the sunset as backdrop.
They are not exactly the same, but one thing is sure : you handle it way better than me ! (I even aiming for the jam, I couldn't make it to the compo).
One of the few games I played to the very end. Kinda wish there was a bigger ending, but overall the use of simple rock x paper x scissors and the tension of waiting for an attack really worked well with the theme. Fantastic job!
I really liked the humor, mood and overall degrees of realization of the game! I think that the concept, even in its simplicity, was well done and really answered the theme! So... Banzaï Saint11! Banzaï! P.S : And thanks for your LD 23's code source. Really help me a lot for this LD! :)
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matthias_zarzecki30 Apr 2013, 13:48
Love the idea of a "single move", it makes this quite tense.
The art is gorgeous. Overall aesthetics are sweet. I find it pretty humorous too. Had a good laugh when I first read rocku, papperu and scizoru on there.
So cool! I presume there was a rock paper scissors thing going on but instead I rapid tapped the change move button and launched when the signal came :D Love this game!
Great job! Really simple idea but effective none the less. The AI seemed a bit random though, and therefor unfair, but you can't really help that with this kind of game. Haven't tried versus, but I bet that's loads more fun. Great entry overall!
A really interesting twist to one of my favourite minigames ever. The rock-paper-scissors element adds an extra depth of strategy to this reaction-based game that makes it really fun and addictive (which basically means mindgames when playing against another person in versus mode :D)
Very, very fun! I love it! This would actually make a pretty good combat system in some larger RPG. Not that the game isn't already plenty good on its own!
Suggestion: If you want to add more visual polish (as if the game need it) you could make the rock-paper-scissors thoughts put the enemies in different stances, to reinforce the idea that it's a "move."
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Very beautiful and fun game (also quite hard), great job. :)
Otherwise, excellent game. Samurai Kirby was one of my favorite things as a kid, and this is a great tribute to it (with a nice twist as well!).
That's so amusing, we have more or less the same gameplay and the same theme (samurai, ninja, whatever). My game is also about dueling with the sunset as backdrop.
They are not exactly the same, but one thing is sure : you handle it way better than me ! (I even aiming for the jam, I couldn't make it to the compo).
So, congrats ! \o/
The last samurai was though!
Very well done! :D
Graphics and gameplay looking interesting =)
So... Banzaï Saint11! Banzaï!
P.S : And thanks for your LD 23's code source. Really help me a lot for this LD! :)
I find it pretty humorous too. Had a good laugh when I first read rocku, papperu and scizoru on there.
Great entry overall!
I suck ; I can't win the first level of the game. I don't understand why.
- SEPHY (@sephyka)
Suggestion: If you want to add more visual polish (as if the game need it) you could make the rock-paper-scissors thoughts put the enemies in different stances, to reinforce the idea that it's a "move."