Pixel Gladiators

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★41%
You're a gladiator and you must fight in the arena for your life! Survive as long as you can and become the hero of Rome!

CONTROLS:
Arrow-Up: Kick
Arrow-Down: Shield
Arrow-Right\Left: Use primary weapon
W,A,S,D: Move
SPACE: drop/switch weapon

My tools:
*Sublime Text 3 +javac ( :D )
*Paint.NET

Comments20

tonypai
tonypai8 Dec 2014, 17:05
Will boss come out? And it's a too hard to me, I only can slay three warrior with my 10 life points.
mauris8 Dec 2014, 17:15
Amazing! Sounds and styling(particles, art, fx) are awesome! If you will continue development, OpenGL + shaded sprites(check out LegendOfDungeon) would fit perfectly.
SnoutUp
SnoutUp8 Dec 2014, 17:27
Made it to the first wave of 3 enemies. Sometimes it didn't register my attacks or it did register them but they didn't hit enemies, despite the weapon trail being over them (maybe I was a bit too close).

But it was very fun and now I have to replay with "Space" in mind, because I had no idea I can switch weapons.

Potions could heal a bit more... But I'm being whiny and that's not very gladiator-ish.
JNyknn8 Dec 2014, 19:04
Entertaining game, but maybe a bit too simple.
Bardikus8 Dec 2014, 19:06
Nice 8bit sounds, decent pixel art, nice combat mechanics and AI. It was a little hard, couldn't get past 3rd warrior, but some people might like this type of difficulty
raincole8 Dec 2014, 19:07
Nice game.
I died in wave 6. It's pretty tough to fight 3 enemies at the same time.
Grehg8 Dec 2014, 19:07
I liked the art and blood effect. It was hard to not take damage. It's better than mine though!
BtheDestroyer8 Dec 2014, 19:09
Great game. Love the simple yet deep style of play with the different weapons.
Esaucm98author8 Dec 2014, 19:16
Thanks for playing! I think I will continue working on this game and fix some problems, add more content and make it easier in the first 10 waves.
stray10 Dec 2014, 17:04
OW, lol. so much fun
Justin Mullin11 Dec 2014, 14:22
Fun little game. I was having a *very* hard time staying alive until I picked up a bow, then the game got a little too easy I think. Still enjoyable though. =)
EquipeJAM13 Dec 2014, 00:18
great idea loved ^^
Red Sigma13 Dec 2014, 00:21
As soon as you get the bow, the game becomes a kiting simulator. Other than that, good game.
madmaw13 Dec 2014, 07:17
Good game. The different weapons kept things interesting
nkling14 Dec 2014, 02:54
Hey that was pretty cool! I wish that the enemies had a few frames showing that they were about to attack so that I could defend in time. Right now getting hit feels a little random since there is not enough time to react. Otherwise its a pretty fun game!
tmpxyz
tmpxyz14 Dec 2014, 10:40
Hi, the game doesn't auto-start when I dbl-click the .jar pacakge, I need to manually input "java -jar pixelGladiator.jar" in console to get it started. I don't know if it's just me, if so, you might need to do something or people might have trouble running your game.
AnaglyphCoding
AnaglyphCoding21 Dec 2014, 16:39
I had a hard time figuring out what was going on, and the enemy's weapons seemed to deal a considerable amount more damage than mine did. Other than that, a neat little game, although the game state rendering needs a little work. :)
Esaucm98author24 Dec 2014, 03:16
@tmpxyz Hi, i will try to figure out what is wrong :)

@Anaglyph Hey Thanks! =) The enemy's weapons deal the same damage as the player's weapons, you can confirm this checking the source ;)

Thank you all, i'm very glad, it's my first LD.
Divitos27 Dec 2014, 09:33
I never found much purpose for the shield, and the A.I was easily exploitable. It shows potential, though.
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