In this game, you must guide the player from the bottom of the screen to the top in order to fight the troll enemy.
Some grass blocks are a darker shade of green, meaning that the player will fall through if they attempt to stand on them.
The troll spawns explosives that the player must dodge.
Trusses will attempt to trap the player on various sides of the screen as they attempt to advance to the next floor.
Instructions are included in-game.
You must touch the troll at the top of the screen to advance to the boss battle, which will ultimately determine whether you win or lose.
The .zip file includes the source code of the game (Game written in Java, recommended IDE: eclipse) and a runnable jar file of the game for those who just want to give it a go.
This game was written by Harry Cramp for AnaglyhCoding.
Nice little platformer, it is like donkey kong. The music is really nice! The controlls felt a little weird, and I kept getting stuck on the bounce thingies.
Great audio, I really like the music. First part of the game was challenging enough without being too frustrating. I don't really get what the point of the trusses keeping the player character stuck in them for a random(?) amount of time is all about though, hard to tell if it's a bug or feature. Couldn't figure out how to damage the boss for the first couple of attempts. Tried to attack him by jumping from above with the sword but didn't do much damage. Attacking from the ground didn't do much either. The way I found was to attack the boss while beneath a tile so that you don't fly away and keep damaging the boss that way. Resulting in one hitting the boss. But that feels like exploiting the game mechanics instead of killing the boss with skill. Also the boss got stuck underneath a tile in the death animation one time and therefore never triggers the game over/victory event. Overall I had fun playing the game. Cool explosion physics also =)
I thought the fact that you hit your head on the ceiling was quite annoying and the glitchyness of the bounding blocks frustrating when TNT was in my face.
Nice game, good use of the theme. The holes on the grass are annoying because they are hard to see and I would take away the bounce when jumping. But the game is good in overall!
I liked the feel of the jumps; the feedback to the player was tight and they flowed with a nice rhythm, assuming that it didn't glitch when hitting the ceiling.
The glitches were a problem, especially when hit by the explosions. This meant I never got to the boss, but it was fun to jump around. Good job.
Love the old school look and feel. The music was excellent. I was confused by the sinking spots, I thought they should have been completely different looking so you know to avoid them. I couldn't figure out what moving squares and growing circles were supposed to be. I wasn't sure how the gravitating thing the circle did was supposed to effect what you're doing. It became very hard to reach the boss with that last layer. Maybe the hazards could have be more spaced out? Regardless of the critique, a fine job.
Give Life Back to Music, by Daft Punk? Also, there's a 3 block wide jump you have to make near the top of the level that got a bit frustrating. I reached the boss after a while, but there were some bugs during the fight, I think. Still, I think you overall did a good job! Keep up the good work.
Nice retro thingy. Hard to master though. Feels like this game wants a little more love to it (at least in button handling and jumping ladder things ;-) ). Fun! Requesting replay button at the end screen!!!
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The music is really nice!
The controlls felt a little weird, and I kept getting stuck on the bounce thingies.
Good use of sound and cute graphics though.
But I couldn't figure out how to beat the boss :(
The glitches were a problem, especially when hit by the explosions. This meant I never got to the boss, but it was fun to jump around. Good job.
Or so I'll say! :D
Also, there's a 3 block wide jump you have to make near the top of the level that got a bit frustrating. I reached the boss after a while, but there were some bugs during the fight, I think. Still, I think you overall did a good job! Keep up the good work.
Hard to master though.
Feels like this game wants a little more love to it (at least in button handling and jumping ladder things ;-) ).
Fun! Requesting replay button at the end screen!!!