A hero can't make his legend without monsters. Play as the monster(s) and help the hero beating each game level!
Move: A/D, Arrow Keys Jump: Space
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This game used to be a Compo entry, but I can't stop polishing it and making more levels after 48 hours. So I decided to work on and make it a Jam entry.
The code and assets were made from scratch and solo. Win & lose SFX are stock assets.
Beautiful art! The characters are very cute and the world has lovely colors. I think the concept is interesting, and a bit sad because the monster has to die so that the hero can reach his goal. Would love to have seen more levels and content!
Great Game. Never would've thought of a monster helping the hero..... what if all this time the koopa troopers they can fly. Go up and down in one stop just waiting to help somebody across the unjumpable gap!!!!! MIND BLOWN
Good idea, the multi-monster control and stacking is really cool and intuitive.
During the first level I was sometimes tricked by the orthographic perspective, I wasn't sure if it was below or in front of something else, not a problem though :)
Ha, I didn't read the instructions and just started playing. I was so confused. Figured it out, and I love it. One of the best plays on theme, stellar graphics, multiple levels. Hands down one the most solid entries so far!
You did a really fantastic job with this game! I was pleasantly surprised by the concept, and I love the puzzle element - it's really well done, especially considering you made it in three days. You should be proud of your work!
Great concept, it works really well mechanically, even if narratively it makes no sense... It's dying for some writing around it :P
The music is grating! But other than that it's pretty polished, it feels like it could use a bit more... fine tuning (movements, animations and such) but it's great for a jam product :)
Excellent use of the theme! To me it was not obvious that I am controlling the monster, I thought that it was a platformer on rails or something like that. I thought this because I saw the hero in the intro and I thought I was cotrolling him. Anyway, the gameplay is quite nice and clever, I really like it!
Very great concept, hope i can save the lovely princess :'(, more level in world 2 (if you expend) please , the best game that i play so far in ld33 , great job!
Monsters helping an incompetent auto-scroller hero is a really clever take on the theme, and I appreciate it a lot! Love the cute style, and the surprising variety you got out of just movement and jumping. Short and sweet, but a definite favorite from this LD!
Cool game mechanics! That's original to help the "hero" rather than trying to kill him... Graphics are super cute and well done, and the game itself was a bit easy, yet nice to walk through. Game's end was quite fun :) Good job !
Really cool concept and really well executed! Super nice work! My only complaints are: The music, it was really annoying. The level with the large squid. The jump timing and hit areas are too unforgiving, combined with the music and the fact that you have to clear the gap 4 times, made me give up. But all in all one of the best and most original entries I've played so far, really nice work!! :D
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ferpess26 Aug 2015, 17:29
cool game,amazing concept and cool old school gameplay!
Congrats, you got my best ratings so far, and a really nice game for sure! I really like the use of the theme, and I can't really see anything bad about this. Great concept and a great execution! Thanks for letting me experience this.
The game is well executed. Cool level design, nice graphics and sound. And the controls are very responsive. One thing I notice is the annoying "hero" that want to splash every single mob, so he goes backwards, ruining the run. Also, the "adeventure" at the end xD
Whoa, beautiful! The art style is cute and the game is really challenging. :D The polishing you did on this game is really worth it! :)
I wouldn't be able to do even half of the 3d work done here. :P It would be nice to see something with the monster not dying, like being a slime block on Minecraft. :P
Controls are nice and responsive and the audio/ost fits the game pretty nicely. :)
It would really be nice as a tablet/mobile game. It's also really friendly for children, save for the "monster has to die" thing.
The polish is amazing. Geting the hang of the gameplay was abit hard at start with no directions but after that it was prety good to play it. (I had the idea i was controlling the hero constantly)
Like everyone else said: this is a very nice concept! You can see that you've put a lot of work in this game. Like to play it too! Only thing is: I'm not a fan of the music in the background.
What a amazing idea this game and the level design are pretty cool!!~ Smooth music and the Colorful visual presentation is sunny and full of young atmosphere! At the game beginning ,When i recognized that i was the little monster(not the hero) i was so shocked, How genius it is ~! Boss-Level is prettycool,so profound and strong gameplay and challenging level design,not too difficult ,but also not easy to stage clear .
remember that i may chanllenge it for more than 15times for the final level,and it seem has a small bug may in the Boss's collider? it appears at when i fallen into water after the boss was killed first time ...when the level reload because my death, found that i couldn't attack the Boss anymore... ToT..
this was be found when i first played it at the day before yesterday(sorry for forgot reply that time) i am not sure Whether the bug is still here, i just quit to the mainmenu and reload it to solve it just at that moment~~
in a word ,this is a totally genius game~! Hope you create more cool game next time! Best wishes~~☆ﾟ
Very nice gameplay focused interpretation of the theme based of classical Mario tropes and perfectly executed as well.. but don't me I'm just the squishy purple monster. *sigh*
Wow, very good one! Probably my highest rating so far. Waiting for the jam has been a good decision, it can compete easily against games made by groups. Congratulations!
If I'm a slime... and a monster... and monsters have captured the princess... why am my going again my own people to help that hero bastard who wants to oppose us? .___.
Nonetheless, interesting idea! The graphics are really cute! =D
This reminded me a lot of the Yoshi sacrifices in Super Mario World. Love it! It's a great little game with a fantastic art style, and I enjoyed the puzzle elements. Overall, excellent job.
Good art and gameplay. It was a bit difficult to figure out where to stand and movement of the monsters felt a bit sluggish. A reset button on the keyboard would have been nice since you sometimes had to wait for quite a while for the hero to drop down in order to play again.
Awesome idea! Very original, and a clever interpretation of the theme. Fun to play as well. The graphics and audio were really well done, really impressive.
Hah, great stuff! I was pretty confused at first - I though I was playing the hero for the first few levels, then realised he was on auto pilot, and finally noticed the controls moved the purple monster.
Wow man, just wow! You are simply pro. The best game I've played on Ludum Dare ever. Great job, great graphics, great level design, ... great everything!
Cute, fun game. I included it in part 29 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/s8htp2RZS7I
Wow, this game is great! Liked the take on the theme and the level design. Art was also very cute. My only complain is that sometimes it's hard to guess what the hero is going to do, so it'd be super helpful to have some kind of indication that hints when he is going to do each jump.
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During the first level I was sometimes tricked by the orthographic perspective, I wasn't sure if it was below or in front of something else, not a problem though :)
Thank you princess !
Great game! Good job!
The music is grating! But other than that it's pretty polished, it feels like it could use a bit more... fine tuning (movements, animations and such) but it's great for a jam product :)
Well done! :)
Very well executed and polished. Loved it!
Oh, if only the hero knew of the purple slime's love for him...
That's original to help the "hero" rather than trying to kill him... Graphics are super cute and well done, and the game itself was a bit easy, yet nice to walk through. Game's end was quite fun :)
Good job !
I sadly didnt succed to finish the last lvl... :'( I always miss the last jump, but was fun anyway.
The music, it was really annoying.
The level with the large squid. The jump timing and hit areas are too unforgiving, combined with the music and the fact that you have to clear the gap 4 times, made me give up.
But all in all one of the best and most original entries I've played so far, really nice work!! :D
Overall, is a very good game. Well done.
I wouldn't be able to do even half of the 3d work done here. :P It would be nice to see something with the monster not dying, like being a slime block on Minecraft. :P
Controls are nice and responsive and the audio/ost fits the game pretty nicely. :)
It would really be nice as a tablet/mobile game. It's also really friendly for children, save for the "monster has to die" thing.
Congrats! :)
Very good game, congratulations for so nice work.
Only thing is: I'm not a fan of the music in the background.
Smooth music and the Colorful visual presentation is sunny and full of young atmosphere!
At the game beginning ,When i recognized that i was the little monster(not the hero) i was so shocked, How genius it is ~!
Boss-Level is prettycool,so profound and strong gameplay and challenging level design,not too difficult ,but also not easy to stage clear .
remember that i may chanllenge it for more than 15times for the final level,and it seem has a small bug may in the Boss's collider? it appears at when i fallen into water after the boss was killed first time ...when the level reload because my death, found that i couldn't attack the Boss anymore... ToT..
this was be found when i first played it at the day before yesterday(sorry for forgot reply that time) i am not sure Whether the bug is still here, i just quit to the mainmenu and reload it to solve it just at that moment~~
in a word ,this is a totally genius game~! Hope you create more cool game next time! Best wishes~~☆ﾟ
Nonetheless, interesting idea! The graphics are really cute! =D
I love the way you interpret the theme. :)
Nice puzzle game, highly polished.
Wish there was a keyboard reset button.
Awesome job
it is a really nice little game, the art style you choose suits the game as it is.
Kudos :)
Btw, did you also make the music by yourself?
Excellent controls, great artistic direction, innovating gameplay, polished game.
There is only one little problem : isometric view isn't always easy to understand, you could add a shadow under the player to correct it.
I'm happy to discover your game before results.
Great work !