Reluctant Rudolf

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.22
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★61%
Boss Battle.
Made in a rush (About 9h)

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Comments30

spacedoubt
spacedoubt8 Dec 2014, 04:09
Rudolf is such a jerk! I couldn't beat him.. I guess I ruined Christmas.
plauk
plauk8 Dec 2014, 10:52
Animation is quite good... Did you use Spriter or something?
ainokaisaauthor8 Dec 2014, 11:11
@plauk
Yes it's Spriter. Santas arms are just in a bit weird position.
Tinimations
Tinimations8 Dec 2014, 11:18
Hehe I liked it. Wasn't expecting more phases.
tigerbyte
tigerbyte8 Dec 2014, 13:27
Difficult! It'd be cool if, when Rudolph starts charging, you could hop on his back and it would confuse him enough to run him into the wall and stun him for a few seconds so you could get a few shots with the whip in.

Pretty solid for 9 hours.
bazld8 Dec 2014, 13:30
I whipped him. Then things got really nasty :P !
Fun game!
oh_andrej8 Dec 2014, 13:32
Great! Nice graphics and animations and I had to laugh when the second phase started. Didn't expect that.
GeeItSomeLaldy
GeeItSomeLaldy8 Dec 2014, 13:42
I can only imagine Santa thinking "Must I have to beat you into submission every year, Rudolph?" *Cracks whip* "Santa Claus is going to town, on YOU"
Tasteslikefuture8 Dec 2014, 15:50
Cool game! Reminds me of a christmas themed mega man boss battle lol. Animations look really slick. Great work!
colludium8 Dec 2014, 16:31
Rudolf was well 'ard! I guess no present deliveries this year then.... :)
ainokaisaauthor8 Dec 2014, 17:41
If someone is determined to get those presents delivered. First form is relatively easy when Rudolf walks. You hit once and back up a bit and repeat. For the second phase it can be a bit hard to get that jump whipping to work but, one good place to do it is from the right side bale stack. Also the pattern is always the same.

Thanks for all the comments. Last phase is inspired by Dracula's second form in Castlevania 3
MiniBobbo
MiniBobbo8 Dec 2014, 23:51
Echoing the praise for the smooth animation. The second form is tough!
berkano
berkano8 Dec 2014, 23:52
Beautiful crispy graphics and fun gameplay! (Challenging but in the right way). Would be great with a bit of sound!
burnedkirby
burnedkirby8 Dec 2014, 23:54
This christmas, Rudolf becomes an evil disembodied head!!

Very hard, could not beat head. But had a laugh when that stage of the fight happened.
folmerkelly8 Dec 2014, 23:54
Second phase was a neat touch, feel like I should've expected it!
hoyt hoy
hoyt hoy8 Dec 2014, 23:54
I looked at the game and I thought "another christmas game," but this game is really interesting and fun!
Congratulations!
SuperPokeunicorn
SuperPokeunicorn8 Dec 2014, 23:57
Neat little game! I like these kinds of games that are just a boss battle. Couldn't beat the second form though. Controls were a bit stiff too.
6DownStudios
6DownStudios9 Dec 2014, 08:08
Pretty hilarious! I agree with plauk, animation is awesome. Movement's a bit clunky, and I especially would've liked to be able to aim my whip upwards when Rudolf turned into a (SPOLIER!) giant flying demon head thing.

Anyways good stuff.
Lokiman
Lokiman9 Dec 2014, 19:33
Bad Rudolf bad! :D

The game is rather hardcore but like the challenge. Controls seem a little bit "unresponsive" though.
BSOD10 Dec 2014, 13:43
First form looks like megaman classic bosses behavior.
alvarop11 Dec 2014, 14:55
Cool little game. I'm glad you made something with C2!
SecondDimension
SecondDimension11 Dec 2014, 17:21
Wow this was tough. Anyway Merry Christmas to one and all, even psychotic reindeer
mrexcessive11 Dec 2014, 18:56
Hi there. OMG I killed Santa. Shame no sounds. Liked the pixel art. Good job!
MrBadIvan
MrBadIvan12 Dec 2014, 18:28
Ahah, Rudolf is devil=) I hanged for a while trying to get him!
Erkberg
Erkberg13 Dec 2014, 14:34
Really nice for a 9h game! Solid gameplay and good animations. One thing that bugged me was having no air control, but that was more than evened out by the fun I had smacking Rudolph. Good job overall!
zatyka
zatyka15 Dec 2014, 01:14
I really liked the single boss battle, they're often some of my favorite LD games. It was lots of fun, but very hard. I finally beat the reindeer, thought I was finished, but was pleasantly surprised that there were more forms. Unfortunately, I never made it past the 2nd form... were there others? I think I would have had a better (and probably easier) time, if I could change my horizontal direction in the air. Was there a reason you didn't allow that?

Impressive for 9 hours. The spriter animations looked great. A very nice little LD entry.
ainokaisaauthor18 Dec 2014, 10:51
@zatyka
No there was only two forms. The jump control is a some sort of tribute to NES Castlevania's I think :)
Kyatric
Kyatric22 Dec 2014, 05:06
A bit sad there weren't sounds, this would have added nicely to the game.
Good job on the animations even if the control/timing felt a bit stiff because of it.

I laughed when I got to the second form.
Hard game to beat, I haven't so far, probably won't, but I recon a nice realisation and a funny idea.

Good job making this game in 9 hours !
jpmit
jpmit27 Dec 2014, 20:33
entertaining and amusing game, great job!

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