Ludum Dare #28compo

Super Rashomon RPG

by tyro

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.70

Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.95

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.28

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★71%

Super Rashomon RPG is an action role playing game. You can initially only view the world as a powerful magic-wielding knight, but playing through his story will unlock two additional perspectives. Experience the same game through three singular, isolated views, each preceded by a lone line of dialogue to set the mood.

As the main protagonist, collect gems and hearts while fighting your way to the dark magician's tower.
Every ten gems you find will increase the rate of your magic regeneration, which allows you to use spells. Your regular shot will consume a single point of magic, while your special attack consumes five but blows away enemies easily. In addition, any golden hearts you find will permanently extend your lifebar. Good luck!

Controls:
arrow keys: move, choose perspective on the title screen, choose to continue if dead
Z - shoot
X - shoot special weapon
Escape - exit.
Fullscreen - F4

Comments35

abeing16 Dec 2013, 01:20

looks very nice. but suddenly the game broke. there was a error dialog from windows and then super strange soundeffects. very creepy!

vanaficionado16 Dec 2013, 01:25

This games art and music is the best ive seen so far. But it crashes... alot... couldnt play it through all the way.

vanaficionado16 Dec 2013, 01:26

Its had something to do with entering an illegal state with threads. Or something. Dont remember.

Tyroauthor16 Dec 2013, 01:26

Thanks guys, I'm currently fixing the game breaking bugs... I think I know what's wrong. Should have it updated in a moment.

Tyroauthor16 Dec 2013, 01:51

Alright, the crashing should stop. Music won't play post-death for reasons unknown, but I can fix that later after some sleep.

Thanks again for the responses, guys. Looking forward to playing your games!

vanaficionado16 Dec 2013, 02:54

After going back, it worked perfectly. The game is really fun and looks very polished and professional for 48 hrs! Cant believe the quality and amount of content for such a small period of time. Great work man. Looking forward to giving a good rating.

headchant16 Dec 2013, 03:05

Nice game and very nice graphics! Only one thing: The gems looked like underpants to me:D

ParaPup16 Dec 2013, 03:10

It was intresting, I was a little lost but got somewhere.

ming_tea16 Dec 2013, 03:22

Fun game and great music! When I restarted the music disappeared.

CogentInvalid16 Dec 2013, 03:38

I wasn't able to finish the blob's perspective, because the game crashes after I hit the first green switch. There also seemed to be some issues with the music not stopping or starting at the appropriate times, so I started the second perspective with the boss music still running (not that I'm complaining- it's really good music.) The gameplay is deceptively challenging, and there's a surprising amount of content here for something made in 48 hours. Overall, I enjoyed this experience quite a lot.

evan10021616 Dec 2013, 03:54

Crashes instantly upon entering the overworld

Tyroauthor16 Dec 2013, 04:05

Sorry about the crashing issues, folks. I've been playtesting for a bit myself and have gotten them as well. They're pretty much due to the lack of familiarity with the audio .dll I'm using. Might end up switching it out for something else if this keeps up.

Anyway, hopefully the most recent version is better.

AndrewShepherd16 Dec 2013, 04:27

Great game dude! I rate it 5 stars!

ViliX16 Dec 2013, 05:53

Enjoyed playing this.

Cezel_16 Dec 2013, 06:02

That was great!

tklovert16 Dec 2013, 06:03

Pretty good game.

Has nothing to do with the theme though, so it's pretty hard to believe you just did this in 48 hours. If you did then take this as a compliment I guess. If not then you're kind of undermining the whole point of Ludum Dare.

TheSheep16 Dec 2013, 08:23

Very nice. I absolutely adore the music! The controls are smooth.

rubna16 Dec 2013, 12:17

Fun little game! I like the enemies and the different "views". You did a good job!

kyyrma16 Dec 2013, 14:59

I'm amazed at how much content there is. Varied tiles, enemies, locations... This is really cool, probably the best game I've played so far this compo. If you pulled this off in just 48 hours, you really know how to manage your time!

Having tried to make an exploratory game myself, this really puts my entry to shame :D

lordjosephdeburg16 Dec 2013, 18:12

Very nice level design and gameplay. You can tell a lot of time went into polishing this. Well done!

garygreen16 Dec 2013, 21:35

Cute game. Really liked the graphics and audio and I just enjoyed exploring the world you created. Nice work.

SuperPokeunicorn16 Dec 2013, 22:50

Superb visuals and excellent game design. this game could have easily gone down the generic path but it did not. It reminds me of Zelda in a way. Only problem is that the music cuts out at times (when you die and respawn, when you go underground). This game is also the longest here I've played so far. You could probably get several hours out of this. I did not even finish the first perspective!

Thommy16 Dec 2013, 23:17

Good work with the music and the sprites. The controls are a bit problematic if you have a german keyboard layout like me because the Y and Z Keys are swapped here and therefore X isn't next to Z. Keep that in mind for future games :)

Tyroauthor17 Dec 2013, 00:02

Thommy:

Thanks for the heads up, apologies for that. I always try to program customizeable controls into my games but usually don't have enough time to make an interface for changing them. If you open the file in the game's directory that says 'Settings', try changing the value of 'Shoot' to 89. That should fix things for you.

Mutt17 Dec 2013, 03:33

Yay! An action-rpg! Definitely my favorite LD entry I've played so far. Very polished, and damn, the game is HUGE! Lots of variety in scenery and enemies too. If I could change one thing though, it'd be to make the run speed a little higher. I'm impatient damnit, I want to explore faster!

mize_VS_mildmojo17 Dec 2013, 03:51

Unbelievable for 48 hours. Very nice!

SimonRhys17 Dec 2013, 15:21

Awesome game! Love the graphics and the music! :)

Kane18 Dec 2013, 12:44

Really nice game, well designed and with a good music, it's impressive in only 48h!

Optimus612820 Dec 2013, 20:17

Plays very nice, has some cute music and gfx, didn't played much further though to understand the connection with the theme. I broke some boulder in a cave, next screen and then back and couldn't break it again, so I was trapped.

Husky24 Dec 2013, 06:48

WOW!

I love the different views idea, actually it is really fun!

So lucky that I find a secret path to continue going, and fight the boss, got his view.

Good job!! :D

Husky24 Dec 2013, 06:56

And I got a little same feeling of "Nier Replicant".

jprogman29 Dec 2013, 02:28

Heheh, funny that I can play as a couple of enemies. Very nice work!

SnoringFrog4 Jan 2014, 06:31

Even though they were shorter, I liked having the alternate perspectives, particularly the boss character. Very interesting story bit with just that little bit of text. Other than the music not loading after I died, I didn't experience any problems with the game.

greytram5 Jan 2014, 14:27

Very nice game (although I don't see well how it relates to the compo theme)! Graphics are cute and map is large.

Aiming at monsters is a bit difficult sometimes.

Well done overall!

Cake&Code6 Jan 2014, 20:22

I lOVE the different perspectives aspect of it. It would be fantastic if you were able to expand on those. Really enjoyed the game, and I think it had a very classic feel to the gameplay and the graphics. Great work!

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