Glauron, son of Glaurung, First of the Winged Dragons, has broken free of his five hundred year imprisonment, and he is not happy! Help him avenge himself and wreak havoc among the innocent citizens, but be careful, they are armed!
An HTML5 game made with Crafty.js and Howler.js. Should work in at least Chrome, Chromium and Firefox.
Post-compo compatibility fixes to make it work in Firefox: - innerText is nonstandard, use textContent instead. - Convert audio to ogg and mp3 because wav doesn't work. - Lay out ground sprites horizontally in the sprite sheet so they don't "bleed". - Add a separate upside-down wing sprite because negative sprite heights throw IndexSizeError.
Solid gameplay and good graphics + mood using that simple silhouette of the hills. Procedural terrain is also a nice touch, that's something I'll have to try next time.
This game is very nice. I liked how you control the dragon. It just sometimes went outside the screen and after that it was difficult to control it; then i always crashed the dragon... But excellent game...
Such a fun entry, really enjoyed playing this one. The dragon is really well animated and the flying handled great once you figured it out. Also liked that the arrows stayed in your body when you were hit, was a nice touch.
Loved the graphical silhouette style. Found the controls a bit hard to master but very enjoyable when I did. Would have been cool with some background music but the sounds seems to fit the game quite well.
Wow, great work Thomas! Beautiful color scheme and animation, and a good difficulty curve. I liked the challenge of collecting hearts, it's such a doh-moment when they all fly over your head :P
The game did get a little choppy on my laptop when there was a lot going on, I made it to level 7 - twice. At that point I mostly had to play by my sense of guess to time the wing flaps.
Beautiful game! I love the use of simple dark shapes against a sunset.
I never did understand what the white arrows did differently from black arrows. I did like the multipliers you could get for hitting multiple things in one shot, and getting multiple hearts for hitting churches/steeples seemed to always come when I needed them most.
On my final attempt, I got 1588 points, and I fell right before Level 5! A great game.
Was there audio? I didn't hear anything, but I see you want to be rated in it.
Simple but beautiful graphics! I included it in part 4 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/NqmWO8MUX6c
Wow that dragon is very nicely animated. The black silhouettes work well against the background. The game itself is quite challenging, you really have to time your wing flaps well.
That is an awesome game! I really like your comment about focusing on making a FUN game before you make a good looking game. I feel like I've fallen into that pit more than a few times. Great job!
Very smooth animation - and the decision to go with silhouettes and a sunset did a good job setting a dark mood to the game. Definitely had a bit of a learning curve, at least for me - it might help to have lower hills towards the beginning, and have them go higher up in the later levels, since I think part of the difficulty was not having enough room to fly. That might also allow players to learn the gameplay at a more gradual pace. It was very fun though, and destroying houses and archers was extremely satisfying! This was a hard game to stop playing. Great job.
Fun! Liked the art style. Tiny thing, not really an issue but something that confused me at first: space is attack and click is flap. Took a couple of goes to get used to, only becuase traditionally it would be the other way round. Had a nice sense of progression!
Nicely done. It's simple but works. Reminds me very much of a mobile game. The graphics were smooth and the gameplay was simple and to the point. Overall, good entry.
@Literal Games: There are keyboard controls (space, up arrow) and mouse controls (left click, right click). I wasn't anticipating anyone trying to use both at the same time, sorry :)
This game is awesome! It's an epic feeling to be flying over destroying everything with the beautiful sunset in the background. The dragons movement feels heavy and majestic, which really fit the game. You made a "Destroy and Kill" game but also a "Landscape with a majestic beast" game. Excellent work!
Very nice game. Was a bit laggy on Firefox, which was a big shame since the game is a lot of fun. Would have been nice with a "thud" sound when hitting the ground, and it took a while to figure out that I had to collect the hearts.
So fun! It felt like there was a nice balance of risk/reward in going for the hearts, combo kills, etc. Wanna divebomb guys don't wanna crash. Great game.
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Pros:
-Excellent graphics
-Really polished
-Nice combination of mechanics
Cons:
-Kinda difficult to control the dragon
game becomes laggy with lots of fire/smoke on screen
The game did get a little choppy on my laptop when there was a lot going on, I made it to level 7 - twice. At that point I mostly had to play by my sense of guess to time the wing flaps.
I never did understand what the white arrows did differently from black arrows. I did like the multipliers you could get for hitting multiple things in one shot, and getting multiple hearts for hitting churches/steeples seemed to always come when I needed them most.
On my final attempt, I got 1588 points, and I fell right before Level 5! A great game.
Was there audio? I didn't hear anything, but I see you want to be rated in it.
Nice one. ;)
The dragon is a bit tricky to control.
The white arrows are immune to fire, so they're a lot harder to defend against.
Yes, there should be audio. What's your browser and platform? Do the demos at http://goldfirestudios.com/blog/104/howler.js-Modern-Web-Audio-Javascript-Library work for you?
I would recommend playing while listening to this:
Nice work!
Very nice game! Pretty without a doubt, interesting in its mechanics (the balance staying close to the ground/flying high), it's great :)
Also loved your post-mortem writeup. Keep it up!
Keep up the good work!