Minotaur

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.64
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★71%
In ancient Greek legends, there lived a horrible being known as the Minotaur.
The Minotaur was the pet of King Minos and lived in a labyrinth on the island of Crete. In order to stop the Minoans from attacking, the Athenians had to sacrifice their children in order to keep King Minos' army at bay.

You play as the Minotaur, and your goal is to kill all the sacrifices given by the Athenians. But be careful, as they can fight back!

Can you survive against the rage of the sacrificed humans?

Genres: action

Comments18

Wontonz24 Aug 2015, 23:45
Slaying those kids was incredibly satisfying and the hunt was pretty cool. I kinda feel like it would be nice to have a "scent" so you can see the general direction of the nearest kid as it was a bit frustrating trying to figure out which part of the map they were with the slow movement speed.
Realize2D
Realize2D24 Aug 2015, 23:59
it was well executed, and fairly polished for 48 hours.
JamesTanm
JamesTanm25 Aug 2015, 00:03
Great job on the game! A couple points of criticism:
- The walking sound was a bit loud for how repetitive it is
- There should be a way to find the kids without haveing to resort to wandering through the maze, especially considering
- You move a bit too slowly. Going down a dead end is super frusterating when it takes you a minute to backtrack
Gil425 Aug 2015, 00:04
Solid entry, really pleasant gameplay.
granut100
granut10025 Aug 2015, 00:22
Nice game! Using my axe to kill those humans was fun.
Eingya25 Aug 2015, 00:42
The game is simple but fun. Well done! :D

Only thing is probably the "start screen" which doesn't look great and can be a bit of a turn off from downloading the game. But I understand that in 48 hours there's not really lot of time to polish the start screen :p
peecestudios25 Aug 2015, 00:47
Pros:
WORKING
Fun
Satisfying

Cons:
Semi-Difficult to find people

Overall:
I liked it, but being able to smell/hear people would be fun. For example: have footprints following each person that fade over time. Kinda like Gmod-Murder
lowercaserho
lowercaserho25 Aug 2015, 02:02
Cool idea, but I never felt like I was the minotaur. It was just ike I was some other sucker in a maze. I'd have loved this if I'd been able to know the full layout, use secret passages that were off-limits to the humans, hunt by scent, etc. Good concept, good fit to the theme, and smoothly executed, though.
daveh27 Aug 2015, 05:21
I made it to wave 9. It had a good difficulty ramp. The axe felt powerful as I lopped off their heads. ;-)
Qaterknan
Qaterknan27 Aug 2015, 23:27
I got lost in my own labyrinth! :-) After a few waves I could navigate through the maze fairly easily though. I like the difficulty curve - as soon as I got to know the labyrinth new, tougher enemies came... Good job on balancing!
LastLeaf
LastLeaf29 Aug 2015, 02:16
Fun. Simple and great gameplay with increasing difficulty and different enemies.
Lacaranian
Lacaranian30 Aug 2015, 02:38
Simple, but good use of light/darkness (must have been fun to map that out). Very cat and mousey. Good to see another GIMP user - it's solid program once you get used to it!
PowerSpark
PowerSpark30 Aug 2015, 03:45
I think this is nice but it needs random generation and @Wontonz's scent idea.
AlexSet30 Aug 2015, 17:55
Very good! Neat idea and goes well with the theme, the head chopping feels good too :D though its pacing, especially at the first few waves where enemies where few, I found it a bit slow, navigating the darkness and all.
reiknight
reiknight30 Aug 2015, 20:28
Nice shadows. Nice gore game :P good work
Louspirit
Louspirit2 Sep 2015, 19:55
The controls and light effects were pleasant. But I was annoyed searching for pray walking for minutes in the labyrinth.
Nurbs3 Sep 2015, 22:00
The gameplay is pretty slow, so it's not too satisfying to play.
Gore is well *executed* B3
Jan Tuts12 Sep 2015, 20:26
I couldn't play the game, as I don't have Windows.

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