Ludum Dare #28compo

One Spear Savage

by garethjenkins_archived

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.26

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.71

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★80%

Take on savages with a spear!

Fight a bunch of savages on randomly generated maps with JUST ONE SPEAR.

Hunt them down, track them, and when the time is right... hurl your spear. Don't forget to pick it up, you only get one!

- Click to move around
- Hold space to aim
- Click again to launch your spear
- GO PICK IT UP AGAIN

Had a lot of fun with this one -- pretty much a whole day of brainstorming ideas and eventually coming up with this... then building it in the final 24-30 hours.

Unity Web Player version above -- as well as desktop builds for Windows, Mac / OS/X, Linux & source. If you lose your spear in a tree, press Escape to start over.

(added 16/12) Mac/Linux/Windows versions are up... as is an experimental Android version (touch and hold to aim, release to shoot). Will only really work on devices with 16:9 ratios or similar (tested on Nexus 4 & 5).

Comments17

TinyMoonStudios17 Dec 2013, 12:47

Very fun gameplay and a nice take on the theme. Audio could use some work,it was a little static-y at times but all around to a bad game. Well done.

wdebowicz17 Dec 2013, 12:58

I would change a little controls but I have a lot of fun! Audio make really good mood :-)

lucasncv17 Dec 2013, 12:59

Surprisingly enjoyable! I like it :) And yet another game using the one weapon/bullet constraint (mine included), haha.

Ditto17 Dec 2013, 13:05

Simply amazing, so simple, so satisfying, so challenging! Only complaint is the sound effect when clicking, I want to spamclick to move but the sound is really annoying after a while, except for that this game is amazing! :D

Capitals17 Dec 2013, 13:13

Nice and fun concept which makes sense within the Theme!

Cipher17 Dec 2013, 13:22

Really fun! played like 5 times xD , now imagine if it had a multiplayer...

hadesfury17 Dec 2013, 17:06

Gave it a shot on android on my nexus 7, it worked really fine! Nice little game!

stromchin18 Dec 2013, 13:40

Dammit, you scored almost perfect from me.
You won me just from the cubes (check my game to see why), but in general it's a perfectly balanced game.

Nelien19 Dec 2013, 19:20

Simple and effective :). The controls grew on me but I would make the movement not require clicking but rather hold down the mouse button. Oh, and pretty particle effects!

Joror19 Dec 2013, 19:34

Loved the mumbling-walk-sound. And a simple yet effective gameplay.

pkenney20 Dec 2013, 05:02

Interesting - you had a similar concept to my game Hammer Control! There's another one with a spear, too, called Javel-Ein from the jam, and one with an arrow called Titan Souls.

haveric20 Dec 2013, 05:03

This is actually a really fun game and a nice take on the theme. Great Job!

01rafael22 Dec 2013, 00:03

I't would be great to move with WASD though.
But game is awesome!