Certain Defeat

by l
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.14
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.36
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%
In this side-scrolling fantasy game, fight through 5 branching levels and stop the Queen of Monsters from conquering the Human Kingdom! A dynamic difficulty system will send you to harder or easier levels depending on whether you succeed or are defeated!

That is... unless there's an unexplained software problem that may make victory completely impossible.

CONTROLS:
Explained in the game.

INSPIRATION:
Peripheral inspirations for this game include include Terra Tam, WarioWare, Inc., The Shadowlands Prophesy, Homestuck Act 6 Act 6, and, visually, OFF, Lamezone and La La Land.

This game feels satisfying to have finished developing - the only design hiccup is that the theme kind of slipped from my grasp - it's present on the title screen and level 1, but not really muchwhere else. Oh well.

Comments33

Simulacrum26 Aug 2013, 02:39
It's a bit too easy, despite the name. The controls are great, very intuitive and responsive. I really enjoyed the art, the game has a unique look. It reminds me of sketches you'd see in someone's notebook. Cool stuff, I enjoyed it.
sparkleswirl
sparkleswirl26 Aug 2013, 02:46
This is the best game. I don't know if I can say much more.
vladimirdlc
vladimirdlc26 Aug 2013, 04:00
Lovely art, this had a so fluid gameplay and movement <3
mactinite
mactinite26 Aug 2013, 04:12
At first I was super frustrated, but then it dawned on me. I should really read the descriptions before playing XD
OldPeculier
OldPeculier26 Aug 2013, 04:28
I can't move. Can't click on anything (not even the CONTROLS button. Something's wrong on my Mac.
Cosrnos26 Aug 2013, 04:33
It appears the web version doesn't work for mac. Can't click anything :/
ix
ix26 Aug 2013, 04:34
Very pretty but...
CogentInvalid26 Aug 2013, 04:34
Really clever "game". Almost too clever; even by the second to last level I was still wondering in the back of my head if I was supposed to do something. Definitely the funniest LD game I've played so far.
raincole26 Aug 2013, 04:34
It's... too humorous for me.
lambda_express26 Aug 2013, 04:35
Definitely the most intuitive controls I've seen.
JAH2488
JAH248826 Aug 2013, 04:50
Wonderful.
Hypnohustla
Hypnohustla26 Aug 2013, 07:31
Best of the not-games I've played.
Jan Marcano26 Aug 2013, 07:38
That was amazing. I enjoyed it like if I were watching a movie. The art was top-notch and the levels of polish you gave it are incredible; every transition, every animation is very detailed.

I now want this to be an actual game. :(
kirbytails726 Aug 2013, 08:04
I can't get it running, either. It says that I have no input source, or something to that effect.
REIN126 Aug 2013, 09:01
Hahaha~The best game I played ever~control error is amazing idea~
PaperBlurt
PaperBlurt26 Aug 2013, 16:19
Fun idea, but not that much to do with the theme. Liked the graphics quite a lot!
rezoner
rezoner26 Aug 2013, 17:35
We need Frustration category in LD. Awesome graphics.
sanojian
sanojian26 Aug 2013, 18:29
Says I have no input device. Chrome on Win7
dekart26 Aug 2013, 18:42
I love the art.
Meep26 Aug 2013, 19:45
That was... something. o_o I really loved the art in it. :)
rylgh27 Aug 2013, 05:47
hilarious the whole way through... even these comments are hilarious...
moonmagic
moonmagic27 Aug 2013, 05:52
A++ super gameplay
syawqy
syawqy27 Aug 2013, 08:38
you are genius!!!
Mclogenog
Mclogenog27 Aug 2013, 20:49
The comments are almost as funny as the game. Well done?
Andrew Shouldice28 Aug 2013, 00:51
Your art is amazing. Reminds me of old Mac Classic games. Your take on game input is revolutionary.
Alex Rose
Alex Rose28 Aug 2013, 01:45
Ugh, I really really want to play this, but I'm getting an error about no suitable input device being found. I tried the web and the exe. Do you know what the problem is? :(
cafeine28 Aug 2013, 19:51
5 stars, obviously. Making the beat of the music vary according to player input was very clever.
Capro
Capro30 Aug 2013, 11:46
Awesome! But I can't rate it in many categories: this is not a game.
Sorry :(
Anyway I think I can give 5/5 for humor! :)
canvapps
canvapps1 Sep 2013, 10:49
I couldn't play because it doesn't seem to recognize keyboard, but it looks great, especially the big titty demons :D
Great job!
N4271 Sep 2013, 15:22
Love it! Interesting concept of (non) interaction and a cool satire of games not being punishing enough through not being punishing at all.

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