Lethal Blow

by sheep

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.38

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.32

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.76

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★75%

A simple beat-em-up with minimalistic backgrounds. Best played with headphones.

Programming & sprites: Radomir Dopieralski
Music: Lukasz Langa
Backgrounds: Joanna Piechowiak

The game is mostly inspired by two titles, Rakugaki Showtime for PlayStation and Ninja Kid for Atari arcade machines. I didn't manage to get the dynamism of either of those game, but at least there is some of the chaos. Enjoy!

Made using python and pygame.

Comments32

kewry29 Apr 2013, 17:20

Nice music and minimalistic graphics

nuprahtor29 Apr 2013, 18:38

It lacks of some indication of hp and two directions of sword swinging.
Art is great.

TheSheepauthor29 Apr 2013, 19:13

@nuphrathor The HP is indicated by your position on the screen. When you are pushed off the screen, you die.

graytest29 Apr 2013, 19:22

Nice music and great art! A bit too repetitive for me though.

chrysiridia29 Apr 2013, 19:26

What kewry said. Also, the characters are adorable!

RealyUniqueName29 Apr 2013, 19:28

Awesome music, neat graphics. I wish there were more content :(

loxo29 Apr 2013, 20:14

I like the graphics and music very much!

Narayan29 Apr 2013, 20:22

Everything is minimalist and realy good in this game. I love it !

PapaGrimbles29 Apr 2013, 20:40

Well that was adorable violence. Love the jumping and 'pile on' enemy attacks. Nice job

egos29 Apr 2013, 20:53

nice game

NightShadow029 Apr 2013, 21:25

Gorgeous game!

Chman29 Apr 2013, 21:35

Cute character, really cool aesthetics. I like that there's no HP, you just have to stay on screen, it makes the game design simpler (which fits the theme) !

keksdev30 Apr 2013, 15:53

Great artwork and good soundtrack!

meszka30 Apr 2013, 16:30

Very nice music and graphics. It's cool how you can stay in the air for a while by "flapping" your sword :) Could use some more variety, maybe a way to do combos or something.

davidpeter30 Apr 2013, 18:59

Oh man, I thought there was no HP, so I was liberal in getting hit, but there actually is -- got a game over and had to restart :(

I *love* the cute graphics!

kazukishida1 May 2013, 04:16

very smooth and cute art! :D also liked the music. mechanics simple enough that it makes me want to play more and the game is hard enough that it makes me want to play more. in short it wants to make me play more :D add more mechanics too btw! Great game!

Captain_Genial1 May 2013, 13:56

I really love graphism,
Well play !
this game is pretty fun

Dir3kt1 May 2013, 17:42

Very good graphics. I enjoyed playing although the combat felt a bit repetitive (space spam).

Was this a giant potato ?!

TheSheepauthor1 May 2013, 18:51

Yeah, I should really have made some special moves, and maybe monsters that require different strategies, but no time. The boss is unfortunately not a potato.

ohsqueezy2 May 2013, 18:49

They keep coming and I keep slicing them!! Love the art style of the boss :)

MinionStudios2 May 2013, 21:49

Awesome soundtrack! I like the hand-drawn look.

Elrobo3 May 2013, 05:13

That was super cute. Great art.

martijn5 May 2013, 18:37

Graphics look nice in screenshots, but the game is nothing special

wrongcoder6 May 2013, 03:59

This reminds me that I should play more Castle Crashers.

alcazar6 May 2013, 09:07

I like it .... gg

pvwradtke7 May 2013, 02:14

Hey, nice graphics you got for this one. Wish I could move on the Z plane as well, or had a life bar to track how bad I was doing :). Ran perfectly on Ubuntu using python+pygame.

JustinMullin7 May 2013, 18:42

Love the art, and very nice music. The gameplay felt a bit light, but I enjoyed it. =)

Monxcleyr Productions12 May 2013, 12:09

The art in this is great. The dead square enemies are pretty adorable. Missing feedback on your current hp. More attack styles could break up the button-mashing gameplay. Good work!