Ludum Dare #37compo

hoplitelite

by attrition

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.14

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.14

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.66

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.61

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

Hoplitelite!

=== What is this? ===

Inspired loosely by a previous LD entry (and now excellent Android/iOS app) 'hoplite', but mostly just roguelikes and chess.

It hasn't been a good day for player-knight, who's been trapped in a room with monsters.

=== Instructions ===

Each monster has a special attack pattern, you must try and close the distance while avoiding their attacks and kill them one by one.

- Hover over an enemy to see where you should avoid
- You can move to any of the blue coloured tiles
- Enemies you can attack will be in red coloured tiles
- Attacking an enemy moves you into its tile

Good luck player-knight!

=== Custom map maker! ===

Not enough levels? Try the custom map maker, challenge yourself and your friends!

Here's an example custom level to get you started (copy and paste):
http://astudyinpixels.com/ld37/index.html?p=6,2&m=om,10,2,om,2,2,ds,8,0,ds,4,4

Comments37

eerongal12 Dec 2016, 05:21

this is a really fun and challenging puzzle game! nice work!

mdzimmer12 Dec 2016, 05:34

Very solid puzzle game. From the first level I was engaged by the enemy diversity.

slimabob12 Dec 2016, 05:39

Awesome game! Played it all the way through, and the map maker was a very good addition!

CandyCreep12 Dec 2016, 05:40

I really had to use my brain on this one. Well done! And I love the simple graphics. Works perfectly with this game.

I had a hard time figuring out how the enemies worked. Would be nice with a little "helper" that described how the enemies behaved. Or maybe it's just me being too stupid to figure it out on my own x)

tomer_cool12 Dec 2016, 05:45

I like it, good idea and nice game play!

TrashLord12 Dec 2016, 05:46

Thank you very much for this game! You should make a mobile version. This game is challenging (for dumb me) and make brain work! Saved source code, will try it until every level will be completed!

CMLSC12 Dec 2016, 05:47

I got stuck on level 7. X3
Here is an idea, maybe you could change the player's patterns for different levels. :D

zeoxo12 Dec 2016, 05:48

Really fun and challenging, really made me have to thing at times!

KadaDev12 Dec 2016, 05:55

Wow this is awesome, chess players will love this game!!

The level editor puts this over the top

Tauka12 Dec 2016, 06:35

Absolutely loved the game, feels like playing a chess, but entertaining one with cool animations

crazya12 Dec 2016, 06:51

Level 7 broke me

justinooncx12 Dec 2016, 06:52

A really fun puzzle game! I wish I could say more about it, but I can't really see any glaring flaws at all. Well done!

SpaceRelated12 Dec 2016, 07:09

Wow. Really cool concept. Makes my head hurt. Got to level 8, but couldn't beat it. I like games of perfect information like this.

vinipc12 Dec 2016, 20:04

Really nice game. It does indeed remind of of Hoplite.
I just think there is too much "running after enemies until they hit a wall".

Wevel14 Dec 2016, 15:17

Very nice game, some difficult puzzles, great work

Zarkonnen14 Dec 2016, 18:07

I really like Hoplite, and I really liked this too. :D

breno17 Dec 2016, 12:49

The link is down: "Cannot GET /ld37/"

Attritionauthor18 Dec 2016, 01:03

Apologies, I was doing some maintenance on my site.

rojo29 Dec 2016, 01:18

Great little game! Some background music would have been a nice touch.

mar3k30 Dec 2016, 18:22

Really fun game! I enjoyed playing it a lot! GJ

Haveachin30 Dec 2016, 18:35

Very nice game! Keep it up!

ring31 Dec 2016, 12:32

The best game I've played so far! Puzzles are challenging but not frustrating. Nice graphics and retro sound. Glad you add map maker!

Kevin_B31 Dec 2016, 13:17

Cool!
I love the map maker, the simple but efficient gameplay and the retro graphics.
Good work!
I really enjoyed this.

thomz1231 Dec 2016, 13:22

Tricky game! Had fun playing it! Well done! :)

oskardevelopment31 Dec 2016, 14:02

Fun that you were able to make so much content and variation with so little game mechanics! I thought that level 7 was a lot harder than level 8.

Nino961231 Dec 2016, 17:05

Awsome game buddy xD. I like the fact that you developed a map maker keep it up

kato931 Dec 2016, 17:12

Very cool, I've played Hoplite and I think you've translated the mechanics pretty well here. Of course some power ups or different abilities would spice things up, but for 48 hours this is very solid. Nice retro sound effects too!

Xanjos31 Dec 2016, 22:16

Managed to get up to level 2 but that was a pretty fun roguelike/puzzle game.

automatonvx31 Dec 2016, 22:35

Fun, stripped down puzzle strategy, never played or heard of hoplite so I don't know how original this is, but its certainly fun and well put together either way.

ciaodavinci31 Dec 2016, 23:11

Thanks for this game! Really enjoyed playing through it - the aesthetic felt consistent and it matched up well with the music.
Took me a couple tries, but I beat level 8.

I hope you keep working on this, there's a lot of potential here!

TheMonsterFromTheDeep1 Jan 2017, 06:42

This is a very cool puzzle game. The graphics and audio style are very consistent, and make this is a very solid entry.

cjke.77771 Jan 2017, 07:27

Great, this is a really addictive game

eruiz001 Jan 2017, 16:56

Nice idea and like these pixelate sprites. Well done!

etherealWhisper1 Jan 2017, 23:23

One of the simplest yet most satisfying to play entries in this Ludum Dare. Everything worked smoothly, and level design was nice. The only thing that felt a bit out of place was the audio, but that might just be personal taste :P
Great job! ^-^

BlackBulletIV2 Jan 2017, 00:16

Very nice puzzler concept with decent graphics too. Well done.

ijzm2 Jan 2017, 00:17

I'm reminded a lot of Nitrome's Rust Bucket, but the stakes seem to be higher - for instance, an attack can span over multiple squares in a single turn. This is interesting and makes simpler levels a lot more challenging.

The sound effects are a tad too squeaky for me, and the art is good. I don't really see the theme in here, but I can get behind your justification a bit, seeing as you never really move out of the view of the screen. Nice level comments btw. :P

~Random-storykeeper

rainssong10 Jan 2017, 18:33

the weakest hero...