Timed Ninjas

by rujo
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.84
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.02
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★64%
Are you able to count to ten with a precise timing?
The life of 9 ninjas depends on your ability.
Count to ten by pressing SPACE BAR ten times and see the result.

Comments38

Ludipe
Ludipe25 Aug 2013, 22:27
I keep killing them O_0, why do you have do die!?!? xD

Simple yet very fun game
balta26 Aug 2013, 00:07
Brilliant!
Moochoomon
Moochoomon26 Aug 2013, 00:55
This game is very fun! It's a simple design, yet you portray the theme very well. Graphics are very cool, and I would have never thought up an idea like this!
Overall, 8.5/10 from me!
Suese
Suese26 Aug 2013, 02:25
Very good style and rhythm. It needed something a bit more though.
stepvhen26 Aug 2013, 07:10
Fantastic. I cheated a bit with my watch, after my usual technique of singing the first few bars of Stars and Stripes didn't work.

I don't know if you have played warioware on the gamecube, but they had a 5 sec timer game, and they counted the first second for you. I think that would be super helpful here, just a quick audio beep to give tempo.
matthias_zarzecki26 Aug 2013, 08:20
This idea is great :)
Lidfrid
Lidfrid26 Aug 2013, 09:37
Woa, very challenging. In the first place, i tried to kill them all... it was satisfying. Well done :)
zedutchgandalf
zedutchgandalf26 Aug 2013, 13:44
I managed to kill them all but got 0 points :o
Very simple but nice concept! :)
mrspeaker
mrspeaker26 Aug 2013, 14:28
That is so much fun. I don't know why I like counting so much!
gre
gre26 Aug 2013, 16:12
Excellent! Would need more levels :-)
skyr
skyr26 Aug 2013, 16:34
Very fun game. Simple but fun. Only once I managed to save them all.
Capro
Capro26 Aug 2013, 16:39
Interesting and well realized idea but, in my opinion, it needs more levels.
Clurect
Clurect26 Aug 2013, 17:14
That was fun!
Meep26 Aug 2013, 22:04
Very smart idea! Might have been cool with more variations of it (Such as not being able to see the swords, etc.). Cute graphics too, great work!
tudd
tudd26 Aug 2013, 22:06
Very fun, sort of funny too. I got 9/9 but I had to use a metronome :P

My best score with no timing help was 8/9
devi ever27 Aug 2013, 05:38
GOTY 10/10 ALL YEARS!
Alex Rose
Alex Rose27 Aug 2013, 13:42
Saved all the ninjas! 8521 score without looking at a timer :p . It took 5 tries though. Really cool idea, and it's pretty much impossible to fit the theme any more than this :p .
TeamBob27 Aug 2013, 19:04
Great game! Score: 832 :D
naufr4g027 Aug 2013, 19:54
Awesome little game! :)
Good concept and a lot of fun!
I got 9/9! next step 0/9!
mboaj27 Aug 2013, 20:02
nice. love the theme. what about making it multiplayer (multikey)? more player at the same time trying to get rhythm :D
wintermute
wintermute27 Aug 2013, 22:13
Amazingly simple idea, but it works, and fits the theme perfectly. Could not beat it yet though! In a more advanced/extended version, I would include some additional source of feedback, like audio/visual, to help timing. But also, I seem to be quite bad hence maybe it's only me!
Larzan
Larzan28 Aug 2013, 14:51
Hehe, love the idea! Very creative interpretation of the theme, top!
goyal
goyal30 Aug 2013, 02:03
Interesting. Haven't seen anything like this so far.
bombjack
bombjack30 Aug 2013, 10:05
Simple but effective! great!
GVmakesGames
GVmakesGames30 Aug 2013, 18:28
Simple yet funny game :D My record is of 9 alive...
Sestren2 Sep 2013, 10:19
I would love to see a Post-Compo version that explored this mechanic in further detail. Even more mini-games centered around precise timing and/or memory would be incredible and make for a really fun game. Awesome job, and a great use of the theme.
blackotus2 Sep 2013, 20:40
Nice concept!

I like the graphics and presentation.
Good job!
xhunterko
xhunterko13 Sep 2013, 09:33
Not sure what to say here. I thought at first it was on a pendulum swinging back and forth. Then it didn't Was I supposed to kill the ninja? Cause I got them all to survive and yet, no score. I killed some, and no score. What was the end goal here? Is there a way to get the score? Or is that not added? Fairly confusing.
MrBlade
MrBlade15 Sep 2013, 06:25
Nice little game. Fun. Good graphics. Nice sounds. Good take on the theme. 6/10.
gamepopper
gamepopper15 Sep 2013, 12:27
Cute graphics, really good timing aspect to it.
infernet89
infernet8915 Sep 2013, 12:43
Nice entry! The only way i could save all ninjas was waiting 10 seconds between the first and the second spacebar press.. Looks like i have a really bad timing!
tompudding
tompudding15 Sep 2013, 13:43
Superb idea, great execution. Well done!
manuq
manuq15 Sep 2013, 21:17
:)
GFM
GFM15 Sep 2013, 21:59
Your take on the theme was really unique. I don't remember any other game using something like this.

The game was good and quite hard! I really liked it! :D

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