Ludum Dare #28compo

Medieval Combat

by lubos

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.00

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.28

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★45%

Goal:
You control a hero with 12 soldiers on his side. These soldiers follow your hero on the map. Your goal is to defeat 1000 enemies.

Controls:
Click anywhere to move your hero.
Click on Formation button to change your formation.

Tips:
Keep moving your soldiers so most of them are in combat helping each other. If your army won't move it will be destroyed much easier.

Tools:
Haxe & Kha for code
Cfxr for sound
Chirp Tune for music
PS for graphics
Sublime Text 3 for coding
Audacity for sound editing

Comments18

somepx16 Dec 2013, 14:58

Err... I find it interesting, I love the minimal pixel style - still I didn't get how to play, other than change formation!

lordjosephdeburg16 Dec 2013, 15:35

Damn defeated in 900 kills. I tried to keep tight formation and focused on isolated soldiers but things get progressively difficult near the end!

lubosauthor16 Dec 2013, 16:27

Thanks for feedback! @somepx: Added description. You can also control your army, which is critical to win.

lbroussal16 Dec 2013, 17:13

Well done there is potential. Adrenaline is there!

bentog16 Dec 2013, 17:54

I got 945 kills by clicking randomly, is that what I'm supposed to do? Interesting game. I just didn't get it: what do I have only one?

Will Edwards16 Dec 2013, 18:02

Great to see haxe :). Worked great in the android browser too.

NikinCZ16 Dec 2013, 18:54

Nice. Old scool graphics, old scool music. That graphics make me give you just 4*... To big pixels for me, sorry.
I especially love one dozen and one thousand idea :).
PS: My record: 798

cwkx16 Dec 2013, 19:48

Really innovative real-time strategy genre, especially with the formation mechanics; lots of potential here. Great work!

xrm016 Dec 2013, 19:52

So much bloood
I like the pixel art

sanojian17 Dec 2013, 07:06

I hope you continue developing this game. Could be great with different unit types and more formations. Great job!

lotusgame17 Dec 2013, 15:37

What a blood bath :p Cool !

soy_yuma17 Dec 2013, 19:15

I like the graphics, but the gameplay is too simple for my taste. +1 for using Haxe! :-)

JohnnySix18 Dec 2013, 22:48

Haha, very fun, loved the fx and moving the units around to get the best front to attack the enemy hordes. Didn't quite make 1000 but very close. :)

auto_suggestion19 Dec 2013, 21:53

Interesting concept. Had trouble controlling troops to a finer extent, but overall a very solid engine and game.

mortus20 Dec 2013, 19:47

I'm not sure if I've got a grasp on tactics of this game, but I got around 1050 kills on my first go, so I guess that makes me a junior tactician at least. :D

Loved the graphics, more realistic battle sounds and some shouts and battle cries would fit IMO, but I totally understand that it's hard to stuff all the stuff into the competition's limited time.

Lacutis21 Dec 2013, 08:45

Got 921 kills on my first try. Interesting game. I wish I could tell when my guys where close to death.

rincewind_cz21 Dec 2013, 17:55

That was chaos :-) I realized how to play after about half minute and then just clicked almost randomly as I didn't found better strategy. Managed to get 853 of these bastards down. This blood stains make the battleground little bit chaotic though.

zatyka24 Dec 2013, 16:43

That was fun, but I felt like my actions didn't have much meaning. Cool art style, and I appreciated the uniqueness. This has potential, so I hope you keep at it.

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