Iai Strike!

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.38
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.19
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★65%
Here's our game! It's called Iai Strike. Our team is composed of five devs:
- Andrea Ishizawa, the 2D/3D artist
- Caio Contó, the 2D/3D artist
- Renato "Xel" de Paula, the jack of all trades and game designer
- Tiago Higa, the 3D artist
- Victor Lucki, the programmer

We started the development late, so there wasn't enough time (again) to finish the game. We did what we could.
The game is an Endless Runner. To score, you need to defeat the enemies - that means you need to dodge as close as possible to attack the enemy with the Iai Strike technique. With enough defeated enemies, you can use the blunderbuss to defeat enemies from afar.

Controls:
A/D ou Left/Right move the character.
Press the 2-buttons simultaneously to use the Special Attack (you need to defeat 5 enemies first).

The main character name is Jouji Washingpole. He needs to protect the Shogun Castle from the attack of the Thief Clan. Jouji Washingpole is a pun on the name George Washington - the japanese pronounce "George" like "Jouji" and there's a legendary katana/nodai called Washingpole.

Credits for the sounds and music:

Silver Samurai by Daniel Deluxe (http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/568453)

Dodge and Slash SFX: nextmaking (https://www.freesound.org/people/nextmaking/sounds/86048/)

hit SFX: thefsoundman (https://www.freesound.org/people/thefsoundman/sounds/118513/)

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Comments19

Jimbly
Jimbly15 Dec 2015, 04:05
Windows download is asking for a decryption key?
lXxGarrisonxXl
lXxGarrisonxXl15 Dec 2015, 04:12
Cool mechanic that you have to get close to the guys to kill them!!
flakoflak
flakoflak15 Dec 2015, 04:12
nice graphics. well done takes some time to get used to the controls.
banana4life
banana4life15 Dec 2015, 04:16
interesting concept but lacks motivation. if you plan to finish the game you might want to add a satisfying animation for the special attack and maybe a combo meter (?) for challenging players
jcmonkey
jcmonkey15 Dec 2015, 04:18
nice little runner game. i enjoyed playing it. and the graphics were nice and fresh.
Sourtrance15 Dec 2015, 04:24
This game is fun and addicting. It has a neat art style too. I think this would be a good mobile game. I have to say it took me while to realize that I had to move away from the enemies to attack them though.
danielsann7
danielsann715 Dec 2015, 05:00
i love the graphics, and the mechanic is solid too good work!
Valandre
Valandre15 Dec 2015, 13:17
very nice runner! fun and addictiv!
Jimbly
Jimbly15 Dec 2015, 14:30
Couldn't seem to get the blunderbuss to fire, not sure if I never lived long enough to kill 5 enemies or it just didn't have any visual/audio effects...
Si1ver15 Dec 2015, 19:45
Unorthodox camera for runner
Doctor_N15 Dec 2015, 19:49
So it was really hard to press the buttons at the same time but other than that I liked it a lot ^.^
ChromeWisp
ChromeWisp16 Dec 2015, 01:13
The proximity mechanic was very creative. Well done! Would have been even better if I could figure out what the special attack did, though.
OwT
OwT17 Dec 2015, 19:20
Nice game, I like the graphics which maches with the Japanese culture, which I love!
Logicon24 Dec 2015, 01:54
The lack of animations made it very unclear what was happening at times. I was unsure of whether the attack/special attack was working.
Gordy
Gordy29 Dec 2015, 13:28
It looks preaty ! ;)
EternalCastleStudio
EternalCastleStudio29 Dec 2015, 13:31
Ey, this is a AAA runner. 3d Graphics, good perspective and easy control. Maybe the 2 pressed buttons at same time are not so responsive, but the idea is good. Nice entry!

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