Molten Progeny

by tcarter

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.13

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.22

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.03

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★46%

You are a Phoenix. Protect your egg from the hungry Nashers.

Use WASD to move.
Left click and hold to shoot.
Press E to activate fire rage. Swoop into enemies while raging to damage them, or into your egg to heal it.
Press R to restart.

This game was made in 3 days for the Ludum Dare 28 Game Jam.

Like what you see?
Programming and Design by Ted Carter (http://www.stencyl.com/users/index/22818)
Graphics were created by Leif Holt (https://www.facebook.com/leif.holt.3)

Like what you hear?
Sound Effects were created by Michael Jones (http://mikejonesaudio.com/)
Soundtrack created by Andrew Dent (https://soundcloud.com/dent-head)

Comments28

ZXeno17 Dec 2013, 03:45

Really had a lot of fun with this! Solid gameplay, excellent music and visuals.

JohnnySix17 Dec 2013, 22:34

Very cool! This needs more plays. Solid stuff, really like the character animations and the effects. Some effects like exploding flames that stick to walls etc, as power ups would be cool. :)

Bloated Hippo18 Dec 2013, 01:39

This is amazing.

WiseGAMER18 Dec 2013, 01:43

Nice game but needed better level design.

Todd Luke18 Dec 2013, 01:43

0198 beat THAT

super good art. is there some kind of conclusion, or is it endless?

Lyje18 Dec 2013, 01:45

Graphics were slick, but gameplay felt a bit stilted and unpolished. Not sure what it had to do with the theme?

Lolshouse Dev Team18 Dec 2013, 01:45

I can't find many flaws with this game. It is well paced and it sounds and looks beautiful. You've done an amazing job.

_zulli18 Dec 2013, 01:46

Cool gameplay! Really good graphics and it gets really hard with time! Great job!! :)

If you have time, please rate my game! I would really appreciate it! :)

ocathalain18 Dec 2013, 01:46

Really loved this! Solid game, great idea, and really polished considering the time it was made in.

Switchbreak18 Dec 2013, 01:49

Nice, I got 179 points in it. It seemed too easy to start off, but ramped up fairly quickly. It could use some more options on the defense side to add strategic depth to it, maybe some pickups to collect from the enemies. The ending seemed very sad, I don't know if there is any way to actually save your egg or if it always ends with a sad phoenix.

rukbotto18 Dec 2013, 01:52

I enjoyed it a lot! I liked too much the audio and graphics.

ryangatts18 Dec 2013, 03:13

Fun game! I wish the fire rage ability let me shoot fireballs more often rather than do more damage with individual balls, that would make it much better for handling swarms of little guys that can often be a problem. Also, it's easy to accidentally hit R when you mean to hit E, so maybe next time switch it to something harder to hit like Enter. Critiques aside, I love the art, it's really impressively cohesive!

AHerdOfCats18 Dec 2013, 03:22

Amazing spritework, really love the colors you guys used!

tcarterauthor18 Dec 2013, 03:33

Thanks for the insightful comment, ryangatts! Remember that if you're raging you can take out the little guys just by flying into them. It's a good idea to move back and forth around your egg while shooting if you're raging so you can deal damage from fireballs and contact.

blasmena18 Dec 2013, 15:05

I love the art. I had fun, monsters jump kinda funny though.

bsowers22 Dec 2013, 05:06

Loved the pixel art and the sounds. Gameplay was pretty fun.

Ted Brown22 Dec 2013, 05:44

Looks great, plays well!

Diptoman22 Dec 2013, 07:42

Cool gfx! Gets hard pretty soon, needed more levels.

Gungnir22 Dec 2013, 07:48

I got the ending. Touching :) Great work all round. Impact FX and a more obvious target graphic for cursor would be nice.

loxo22 Dec 2013, 10:47

Great game! I like the graphics and the audio a lot. But it's a bit hard to control on a notebook without a mouse.

Pomb22 Dec 2013, 13:56

Agree with comments on needing better level design. Also felt that the control wasn't enough to swoop well enough, because it's too snappy.

mcapraro22 Dec 2013, 16:04

really well done, i loved the graphics and the game play made instant sense

pele22 Dec 2013, 16:41

Nice game, I like the graphics and it's fun. A bit difficult to play on my notebook though (lack of mouse), but that's not your fault. :)
I enjoyed this a lot!

hamster_mk_422 Dec 2013, 19:16

Great art, I wish there were some way to win. Fighting off an endless horde is fun an all, but not when you are a mother protecting her offspring.

lotusgame22 Dec 2013, 22:57

Nice little game well polished :)

Zerkruemler23 Dec 2013, 10:26

Nice graphics and music. It reminds me heavily on the old C=64 game style. Well done!