Ninja-kun's Final Exam

by thommy
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.91
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.53
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★50%
Only the final ninja exam stands between Ninja-kun and his future ninja career. Will he pass or will he die?

Note: Windows XP users may have to manually install .NET Framework 3.5 if not happened already.
Can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21

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Comments23

Tyro
Tyro16 Dec 2013, 04:33
I liked the whole ninja-rope concept. The music was decently catchy as well.
zconnelly13
zconnelly1316 Dec 2013, 04:34
Can't play it because I'm on a Mac but your game looks pretty cool. Want to see everything the ninja can do! Anyway you can port it or put it on the Web?
theholychicken16 Dec 2013, 04:36
Very innovative mechanics! Awesome job!
But it's so hard and with no lives D:... I couldn't get past the enemy that chases me with a sword. How do you do it?
Crabman
Crabman16 Dec 2013, 04:39
Sweet! Just earlier I was thinking how there aren't enough ninja games. :D
DaanVanYperen
DaanVanYperen16 Dec 2013, 04:40
Very nice graphics! Didn't catch the tutorial panels the first time around, so tried to rope-trick everything.
juaxix16 Dec 2013, 10:03
Hey, you can download my game in .ste format and play it in shiva engine editor. I have uploaded a flash version too.
I have played your game, I think you should change the color of the help because for a first view you dont see it :D
I love the rope and the enemies, they are bad dudes! :)
the game reminds me of a friend's game called "ninja twins", nice art .
good job ;)
Thommy
Thommyauthor16 Dec 2013, 14:49
@theholychicken
You probably mean the last level. You can't go further at the moment :D

@zconnelly13
I plan to port it to Mac and Linux via Mono
Raphy
Raphy16 Dec 2013, 20:10
Very nice mechanics, especially the rope, good job ! It's kindda annoying to have to always go through the whole level again tough. (I die a lot :D )
Coblynau16 Dec 2013, 20:15
Interesting game; like the use of the rope. Sound worked well. Good job. :)
Donutttt16 Dec 2013, 20:21
I love the graphics and the soundtrack, and the game is fun. Great work!
gingerBill
gingerBill16 Dec 2013, 23:28
I loved the music and the gameplay; it was a very good concept. A very fun game but some levels were quite annoying as I could not climb quick enough but that is probably how you wanted it.

P.S. Ninjas are awesome!
Ashedragon
Ashedragon16 Dec 2013, 23:29
More fun than I was expecting!
Sheep16 Dec 2013, 23:52
The first levels are fun, but after that it gets kinda repetitive. And after dying on level 6, I don't feel like starting all over.
Sink17 Dec 2013, 00:58
Awesome game! The background can get a bit distracting though. The level design was really quite good, it made me feel pretty cool to trow shurikens while hanging from a rope. Also the sound effects were very satisfying and felt great! I just wish you didn't have to start the whole game over when you die, I feel like restarting the level would keep the player's attention more. Great game and awesome mechanic!
HuntTheWumpus
HuntTheWumpus17 Dec 2013, 16:27
Very nice graphics (and parallax background!) The ninja rope was cool, and it looked funny when the ninja hang upside down :) Got a little bit annoyed that I have to do the whole game again after I died (but I think, that's the challenge if you want to get a ninja ;)
juaxix18 Dec 2013, 11:12
I have added a Windows version of the game ;)
Thanks for trying
Ludipe
Ludipe18 Dec 2013, 23:35
Fun but a bit repetitive, also the background was quite distracting.

The concept is original and it's a nice game.
minibutmany24 Dec 2013, 00:16
This is really cute, and fun. It took me a really long time to get past level three though!
csanyk
csanyk1 Jan 2014, 21:58
What are the controls? Is there an attack?
csanyk
csanyk1 Jan 2014, 22:07
OK I figured out left/right arrow, space, and... "1" to attack? This is a really awkward layout for a keyboard, making the game unnecessarily difficult. Also, it doesn't seem like I can hoard ninja stars? I wasn't sure if I lost my inventory after going through a door, or if I could hold no more than 2, or what, but it was a disappointment after cleverly avoiding having to kill samurai on earlier screens, thinking I'd saved a star, to find out that I didn't have as many as I thought when I arrived at the next challenge. I felt like I was deprived of a reward for being clever.

All in all quite good, but needs a few tweaks to become great.
BradleySmith
BradleySmith6 Jan 2014, 17:07
Neat pixel art style and colour pallet. :)

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