Ludum Dare #26compo

Way of the cuburai

by comrad_gremlin

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.85

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.59

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.41

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.42

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.62

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.61

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.72

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%

You are the cuburai, last warrior left from the house of Cubamoto. The shogun has been killed and the assasins are trying to get rid of you.

Live by the code, die by the code!

How to play: Hit your enemies while rapidly moving past them! Don't stop, for being stagnant means being dead.

Good luck warrior.

Controls:
WASD - moving
1/2/3 - make choices / switch weapons
Enter / Z - start game
Enter / ESC - go to main screen after death
ESC - quit (from main screen)

Comments23

HelkeGames29 Apr 2013, 16:56

Nice game, well done! I love the mood :)

yellowlemming29 Apr 2013, 16:56

It would be good if controls were stated within the game. It plays fairly well but it just seems rather basic and doesn't really interest me too much

lanz29 Apr 2013, 17:00

Great game! Hilarious music! Movement feel is a bit lost, and upgrades not fast enough to my taste. Liked mechanics .)

Destroyer40k29 Apr 2013, 17:00

The hitbox of the player's sword and the enemies' spears felt too small and unclear, but the levelups were fun. I like the rising sun background and minimalistic audio too.

ilovepixel29 Apr 2013, 17:12

I didn't understand much what I had to do at first, later it got fun. It's kind of like a samurai brawler.

artifex29 Apr 2013, 17:30

Fun gameplay, very minimalist indeed. Great humor.

Lucas Tiridath29 Apr 2013, 17:53

Loved the samurai death poems!! Brilliant. Really nice little game :).

EdoMiyamoto29 Apr 2013, 17:59

Good jobs with the haiku

kewry29 Apr 2013, 18:12

It's quite fun once you get over the fact that those swords are so small!

comrad_gremlinauthor29 Apr 2013, 18:22

Thanks for the feedback, guys!

Duly noted about the hitboxes: I've been trying not to make the game too easy, but I admit that I might have went too far with reducing the hitboxes.

HeyChinaski29 Apr 2013, 18:24

Nice minimalistic characters.

semi29 Apr 2013, 19:57

Cubic Warriors chop
newbies to thin slices
it's fun regardles

rogueNoodle30 Apr 2013, 09:01

Very funny entry - I really enjoyed the written quotes at the main menu :)

Cheshyr30 Apr 2013, 16:47

@$&% ninjas. Good work. :-)

gmaker30 Apr 2013, 17:53

I didn't understand much too)

wy477wh17330 Apr 2013, 17:54

It was ok, though I didn't really get the combat system, felt like I was waving my sword and hoping to hit.

ashdnazg30 Apr 2013, 18:04

Quite nice! note that if you up the max health, the hearts mix with the sun. Giving the sprite a black edge will solve this easily.

comrad_gremlinauthor1 May 2013, 05:47

Thanks for the great idea! I'll definetely do this next time :) I'm glad I was able to learn something new.

killerstarbunny3 May 2013, 01:29

Great simple idea but well done.

netmute3 May 2013, 19:27

I'm on a Mac, sorry :(

free_napalm4 May 2013, 14:03

Had a lot of fun playing this and discovering all the upgrades. I felt like dying was my fault, so good design. My record is 60 kills (for now).
Really fun game!

Squared Muffin11 May 2013, 13:18

Fun mood and audio.
I found it a bit hard to hit the enemy when I wanted and also to read the text.