This game was designed, written, and drawn almost entirely by my kids. They even did most of the sound! I only did the programming and offered guidance.
You only get one bow, and one blaster!
Use the arrow keys to move and jump, ducking also blocks with your shield. Vines on walls can be climbed. Press space to fire your laser blaster, or C to fire your bow & arrow. Be careful! You have a limited number of arrows. You can find more arrows in chests.
You can also press P to pause.
Please note that the second level can take quite a bit of time to load; please be patient! Thanks for playing!
This game need major polish, the sounds sound like they were made by a 5 year old, pressing up only jumps about 1/3rd of the time for some reason, and many other things.
I understand the concept/art was from 4/8 year olds, so I mean that's fine and all, but the programming could have been far better.
My main problems here are the inconsistent jumping controls, which often don't seem to work, the visual aspect of having identical-looking terrain acting differently, and the blaster noise gets annoying. I do like the basic idea of a limited weapon that sometimes needs to be used and an unlimited weapon that is often impractical, but this needs work. I do feel kinda bad about being so critical of this game considering what went into it, though.
nice game, but could have been harder. also incosistant and inaccurate jumps were annoying, and the hearts didnt seem to change. the art was quite solid, especialy the main charecter, and while the laser sound got old fast, the jump sound grew on me quite nicely. Verdict: buggy, but good fun!
The jumping could have been better and I wish I could pick up my arrows or something, but overall it was a good time. I really enjoyed the story and graphical style. The sort of random level design was my favorite part.
Audio was solidly enjoyable, as were the enemy designs. Gotta love the things young children come up with.
That said, as others have said, the jumping really puts a damper on the whole thing. This is basically a platformer, and movement, collision, and responsive controls are central to platformers. The game just deciding not to jump at least half of the time makes it really annoying to navigate the environment to the point where I just couldn't tolerate continuing past a point (probably late) in the second level.
Still as long as you lot had fun, that's what matters most, right? :)
Art and sound department did a brilliant job. The controls were quite hard to master, but the game was forgiving enough so that it didn't matter too much.
Hey everyone, thank you for your kind words! I'm sorry for the spotty jumping. I noticed this during development, but didn't have time to fix it. I looked over the code, and tried an entirely different input method, but the result was still the same. Sorry!
Also, did anyone find the super special secret on the last level? Not the chest; there's one of those in every level. Let me know!
It's great that you got your kids involved! My kids like to do game art and sound effects too. Right now I am teaching them Python so they can start writing their own games. You can never start too early. We need more Computer Scientists!
Woah, a family entry! This is so cool! I particularly like the sounds, they are simply adorable. Great work guys, keep it up. I hope to see your entry on the next LD too. :)
I love the fact that you brought your children in on this to help :p
I found it a fun game, the only issues I have is that the jumping only worked some of the time and in a game where jumping is key at points, that doesn't work and I'm also not sure how it fits in with the theme, as you have more than 1 weapon in total, the blaster has unlimited ammo and you get more than 1 arrow
Kudos to your kids! The only thing I found a bit dodgy is the controls. The jump button sometimes doesn't work and that's very annoying (should I blame the programmer? ;-P)
Good initiative, I played until the end, the games works well but there are some animations I don't understand, for example what is the green thing who appears when the ninja walks, is it his shield ?
It looks like there is a recovery time between two jumps, am I right ?
I'm not sure of the real utility of the bow, I used the blaster most of the time.
love that your kids helped out on the graphics and sound. i didn't get the theme tie-in, though, but who cares when you're having fun.
the controls need a little work, though. i had a hard time jumping while moving (like, had to move to the edge, then jump, then hold over). got stuck in a hole on the second level and couldn't jump out.
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I understand the concept/art was from 4/8 year olds, so I mean that's fine and all, but the programming could have been far better.
Tips for improvement - allowing the players to perhaps view instructions once in game would be helpful (I managed to forget how to climb vines).
Verdict: buggy, but good fun!
That said, as others have said, the jumping really puts a damper on the whole thing. This is basically a platformer, and movement, collision, and responsive controls are central to platformers. The game just deciding not to jump at least half of the time makes it really annoying to navigate the environment to the point where I just couldn't tolerate continuing past a point (probably late) in the second level.
Still as long as you lot had fun, that's what matters most, right? :)
I was so proud of myself when I found the way to that chest!
The jump control doesn't do quite well though. But good job dad! xD
Also, did anyone find the super special secret on the last level? Not the chest; there's one of those in every level. Let me know!
I found it a fun game, the only issues I have is that the jumping only worked some of the time and in a game where jumping is key at points, that doesn't work and I'm also not sure how it fits in with the theme, as you have more than 1 weapon in total, the blaster has unlimited ammo and you get more than 1 arrow
The only thing I found a bit dodgy is the controls. The jump button sometimes doesn't work and that's very annoying (should I blame the programmer? ;-P)
Good job :D
It looks like there is a recovery time between two jumps, am I right ?
I'm not sure of the real utility of the bow, I used the blaster most of the time.
The jumping is a bit unresponsive.
the controls need a little work, though. i had a hard time jumping while moving (like, had to move to the edge, then jump, then hold over). got stuck in a hole on the second level and couldn't jump out.