Helga Kills Everything

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.82
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★66%
An endless NES inspired arena fight with an emphasis on making each play through unique. Walk over and kill the 'play' text to get started. Mouse clicks also work for killing stuff. See how many kills you can rack up!

This was my first Ludum Dare and I'm really happy my wife and daughter were able to join in with their artwork and soud effects. Was a fantastic experience!

Engine: Unity3D
Music: Famitracker
SFX: BFXR
Art: GIMP and MSPaint
Font: Press Start 2P http://www.1001fonts.com/press-start-2p-font.html

Anywho, any feedback is greatly appreciated. Can't wait to check out your projects! Exclamation points!!! (I'm very tired)

Comments30

ViliX649 Dec 2014, 04:24
Funny, yet great entry.
JoshuaBurr9 Dec 2014, 04:27
I don't seem to be able to press play. Helga just swings her axe. Music is good though!
stvr
stvr9 Dec 2014, 04:27
Unfortunately Control + Arrows is bound to a lot of stuff in OSX, so this is really hard to play for me. But it's pretty fun! Why can't I kill the title?
SpartanIceCream
SpartanIceCream9 Dec 2014, 04:27
Pretty fun! The only downside to the game is that the movement felt a bit funny.
Phyyl9 Dec 2014, 04:28
Wow, really liked the style and the idea! Nice humour!
hoqjed
hoqjed9 Dec 2014, 04:28
i tried playing the web entry on kongregate, but all i get is a red screen. i didn't put any ratings, so i might check back later to see if it's working.
OttersDen9 Dec 2014, 04:28
That was very fun! It felt quirky and humorous. Great variety of enemies! The only drawback is that I wish there was a way to see how much health you had. Music also stopped after a while.

Still, thumbs up from me!
LandoSystems
LandoSystems9 Dec 2014, 04:28
Nice game, the character design and art cracked me up. Great work!
Acuity
Acuity9 Dec 2014, 04:28
I like the art! And your hitboxes work well, unlike the ones in my game. :P
Grindstorm9 Dec 2014, 04:29
Curse that bear!! HELGA WILL CRUSH YOU!
Cool game! That bear scared the s* out of me man!
error0319 Dec 2014, 04:29
Helga rocks! Absolutely great expirience!
SwiftIllusion
SwiftIllusion9 Dec 2014, 04:30
Sweet entry, had a heart attack when the bear came out haha. Nice variation in enemies and simple but easy to access premise :).
sharp9119 Dec 2014, 04:46
Not bad. Nice retro feel to it. Good job
sharpcoder
sharpcoder9 Dec 2014, 05:42
Nice job! Fits the theme well and I had fun playing it :)
Kwask9 Dec 2014, 17:29
66 murder points! Fun little game!
Diventurer9 Dec 2014, 17:57
I feel it could be more polished. Although, I do like the progression of difficulty.
Liam :D9 Dec 2014, 17:57
I saw Helga in one of the posts during the jam, and was really, really confused. I'm so glad I found it in the list of games. :D
GAFBlizzard10 Dec 2014, 10:18
I was very amused by the bear animations. It would be nice to have a health meter of some sort so I know how much damage Helga has taken though.

Also it would be cool if I could win instead of just surviving!
Pat Kemp11 Dec 2014, 04:46
Haha, hilarious! I cracked up when the bear came out. Super cool to hear it was a family collaboration. Great job!
Samm11 Dec 2014, 04:47
Ha, "Murder points" :D
Rothens
Rothens11 Dec 2014, 11:26
What did I just play? XD Nice one anyway :D
rodobodolfo
rodobodolfo12 Dec 2014, 14:42
Loved It, controls feel solid to me!
maybe too hard when mages and the bear appear...
hissssssssss12 Dec 2014, 14:59
This is an absolute riot! Well done!

One bug I noticed: I died, and at that time a wizard was throwing a dagger. When I went back to the title screen, the dagger continued on its path and hit the Toggle Music button, triggering it! I had already swung at Play so I had to play that round with no music. XD
Cake&Code13 Dec 2014, 02:07
D'aww, only 32 kill points, that bear destroyed me!

Pretty fun, but gets very hectic too quickly, I'd have liked a smoother ramp up to get used to all the enemies more progressively. For example, the first wizard had only come out only moments ago while ago when suddenly 3 wizards and a bear spawned, hilarious and terrifying all at once :)
mutatedsoftware
mutatedsoftwareauthor13 Dec 2014, 04:23
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. They've all been right on the money. I'm also happy to report that after reading how the bear startled people, my daughter has added 'programmer' to the list of things she wants to be when she grows up :)
Tipyx
Tipyx15 Dec 2014, 12:50
Good job for a first entry !
wavertron
wavertron20 Dec 2014, 07:38
Quite fun and humorous. But the bear killed me everytime :/
Nice game
alyphen
alyphen20 Dec 2014, 11:47
This was fairly amusing - it didn't keep me hooked for very long, but it was fun while I was playing it. The music was good, some of the art could do with brushing up, and it would be nice to see a health bar or something so I knew how far away I was from dying. The huge bear usually killed me pretty much instantly - I think it would be nice to make it more obvious when you were hit, too.
snickersnacks
snickersnacks29 Dec 2014, 04:46
As a woman, I felt very empowered! GO HELGA! This game could really go somewhere. I like it a lot and I think the potential to have a decent amount of fun is there. I LOL'd great job!

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