Singulus

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.22
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.30
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.56
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★57%
There's only one sword and one shield to share between all the gladiators.

Use the arrow keys to move and space to throw the sword. The first player to 5 wins.

It is an online multiplayer game but there are AI bots to make up the numbers if the server is quiet.

If there's seems to be a problem then the server may be down. http://twitter.com/HeyChinaski is the place to get support.

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Comments26

Somfunambulist16 Dec 2013, 03:44
Not bad, although nearly impossible to dodge the sword, I find.
lordjosephdeburg
lordjosephdeburg16 Dec 2013, 17:15
Good game and clean mechanics. Good use of theme too well done!
michail
michail16 Dec 2013, 21:37
Nice game, impressive that you've managed to make it multiplayer in such a short time.
Ithildin
Ithildin17 Dec 2013, 00:24
Great concept! Graphics look very polished, and the mechanic is very interesting, it fits the theme perfectly. Congrats! :)
j_stirk17 Dec 2013, 22:04
Very polished for 48hrs. Was a bit hard for me to play due to higher latency, but still heaps of fun.
AtomicVikings17 Dec 2013, 22:05
haha Thats fun ^^ I think this would working great as a multiplayer. Maybe next time you could make also a background sound. Not only beeping noises. Something epic :) That would fit great - Because thats an Epic and easy game!
It's raining stars for you!
jdpalmer17 Dec 2013, 22:06
Neat game! It took me a moment to tell which one was me. More visual distinction would help in that regard.
Raiyumi
Raiyumi17 Dec 2013, 23:08
Really fun game! Especially with the multiplayer. :)
hoqjed
hoqjed17 Dec 2013, 23:16
As someone else noted, more visual distinction would have been nice among the characters.

I also found there to be too many players on the field. Perhaps after playing it for a while it becomes easier, but I found that it was overwhelming for the first few seconds to figure out what was going on.

It also makes it difficult for a specific individual to get items, since the likelyhood of being the closest to where it spawns exponentially goes down with more players.

It was a nice idea overall, but I felt like it was too chaotic personally. I didn't feel as if I had any impact, I was but a pawn put on the field to battle other, better pawns haha.
Zanzlanz
Zanzlanz17 Dec 2013, 23:17
Really cool game! The gameplay seems really balanced and I love it.
HeyChinaski
HeyChinaskiauthor17 Dec 2013, 23:32
Thanks for playing and commenting everyone!

@hogjed the number of players depends on how many people are online at once. Perhaps I should have enforced a maximum of around 4.

@AtomicVikings It is a multiplayer, did you only get to fight bots?
HeyChinaski
HeyChinaskiauthor18 Dec 2013, 10:08
@methampetabear Thanks. It is multiplayer, just get someone else to open the game in their browser.
Gaspard_
Gaspard_18 Dec 2013, 16:52
I love the concept! To bad no-one was there while I played...
caribou18 Dec 2013, 18:35
Simple mechanics and fun to play. Nice to you managed to add bots.
theholychicken19 Dec 2013, 21:03
Nobody is online... *forever alone face*
But really impressive indeed that you can get multiplayer for LD!
harsanalif
harsanalif20 Dec 2013, 00:36
I see that it is an online game so I admit that the strange lag movement I experienced is normal. A bit difficult to control though, but interesting arena concept nonetheless.
Jeremias
Jeremias20 Dec 2013, 19:49
Very neat concept - was even fun to play against the bots! A multiplayer LD-game, respect!
Sean Noonan
Sean Noonan23 Dec 2013, 22:53
Really good use of the theme :)
Benjamin23 Dec 2013, 23:29
simple and smart gameplay. The game would have been easier to understand with a short intro sequence ( with some flashing Player 1 arrow indicator ) and a timed respawn sequence for the sword. At first I was thinking the sword was falling in the wrong place because of a bug before realize it was a respawn.
psc199724 Dec 2013, 00:00
Simple and good. I like graphics ;)
Husky
Husky24 Dec 2013, 05:54
I like the idea.
Simple but fun lol. :D
shard123
shard12324 Dec 2013, 19:35
Pretty laggy for me but it was an awesome concept, loved the multiplayer
thebrainfuse30 Dec 2013, 00:48
requires polish, but good implementation of the theme.
TeamFlare
TeamFlare31 Dec 2013, 14:12
It's impressive to make a working multiplayer game in that amount of time.

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