Ludum Dare #27compo

The Clocktower

by colorvade

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.91

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.80

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.25

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.22

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★61%

Survive against random events that occur every 10 seconds in a clocktower arena. Rather than the world becoming progressively more difficult, the player's abilities slowly dwindle as their curse grows stronger.

If the above link isn't working, or you'd prefer to play on Dropbox, you can play it here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24294238/The%20Clocktower.swf

Comments29

Laddo D26 Aug 2013, 02:18

Beautiful art!

JQCoding26 Aug 2013, 05:37

Cool game and good take on the theme.

AlvaroH26 Aug 2013, 05:37

Very good game!! Like the graphics too and the arcade feel.

rylgh26 Aug 2013, 05:40

Really nice game! Survived 20 rounds my first try. Player had a bit too much momentum (and weak acceleration) for my tastes though.

CustomPhase26 Aug 2013, 05:45

Neat graphics and idea is ok

Symmeteer26 Aug 2013, 05:46

That was tricky but actually pretty cool. I lasted 14 rounds. Everything was very smooth and complete - and great graphics/sound.

vitou3d26 Aug 2013, 05:48

I survived level 22. Anyway, absolutely stunning art in 48 hours. Love the gameplay, theme, and audio as well. Brilliant

targaciej26 Aug 2013, 06:31

This is great!

GrimGary26 Aug 2013, 06:32

Getting late here, so words are failing. Liked this game! Random is certain random! Cursed! =)

TwilightFlandre26 Aug 2013, 06:32

The graphics are really nice and the game has quite a bit of replayability. This is a really nice use of the theme. It has a good amount of difficulty as well.

HeroesGrave26 Aug 2013, 06:32

Fun!

Finally a fun game.

HoWseR26 Aug 2013, 06:37

Cool art and the sound was really good to, the music was kind of different for this type of game, but it set the mood really well so good job on that. When i realized that each round was random I got an even better impression

OldPeculier26 Aug 2013, 07:19

The screenshot has me sold already. And the game does not disappoint. Terrific graphics. Fun gameplay. Super music. Great!

unusualcadence26 Aug 2013, 12:04

Wow, really enjoyed playing this! Game keeps interesting and varied, and more challenging as your powers are taken away. Great polish too!

lordjosephdeburg26 Aug 2013, 15:11

Nice graphics made it to level 6.

Kingroka26 Aug 2013, 23:05

Nice graphics and very fun gameplay.

Unept27 Aug 2013, 01:10

Beautiful. Love the clock tower and the whole mood.

mychairhasalooin27 Aug 2013, 07:47

Great work dude, really nice graphics, all fit together perfectly, love the clock.

Hypnohustla27 Aug 2013, 08:49

Nice take on the survival genre. The difficulty escalated in a good way and I loved the clock! It really set a nice surreal mood. Solid game! :)

PixlWalkr27 Aug 2013, 10:14

Enjoyed it =)

kantieno27 Aug 2013, 13:30

I really liked the art and music, gameplay was a tad lacking but overall I enjoyed it.

AdventureIslands27 Aug 2013, 19:02

That was pretty fun. I felt like there could have been bit more various random events, but otherwise this was really nice arcade game.

goyal28 Aug 2013, 02:43

Nice game. Controls are kinda different than what most games usually have. Took a little bit of time to get used too.

syawqy28 Aug 2013, 05:04

need more gun variation

canvapps29 Aug 2013, 23:32

this one is quite dynamic! I really love the set of behaviours you have defined. It is a really nice scheme that you weapons get worse and your enemies stronger as the curse grow up.
One of the best ones I've seen at the moment :)