Lost Sakura

by hellsquirrel

co-authored: @olde-shipmates

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.51

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.25

They took her from you. The only thing is left - revenge. But the more u kill the less will u got to move on.

In this game u need to kill as more as you can, but more you kill so more combination you need to memorise. You need to controll your QTE with 8 buttons. Download build, write your score and feedback in comments. Arigato.

Update 06/12/17 Added leadership on game page here. Write your score, added screenshots and glhf ^_^

Top-10 samurais:

1) HozaxernA - 15 kills

2) kbf123 - 14 kills

3) YuuK - 14 kills

4) azuredraco - 14 kills

5) Ithildin - 13 kills

6) Poorwill - 13 kills

7) Nillard - 10 kills

8) hell squirrel games (me) - 9 kills

9) Ollec - 8 kills

10) Pedro Henrique Cesar - 7 kills

p.s Sorry for my bad english in description and comments, I strolled school and university english lessons in cold Syberia-land, I am ashamed for that ;)

Tags: #difficult, #score attack

Genres: action

Comments42

DanMannGames5 Dec 2017, 02:33

Nice game dude

cortexdeveloper5 Dec 2017, 02:51

NICE pixel art

TIMOTHEUS-255 Dec 2017, 10:24

always a fan of nice pixel art :3 !

Nillard5 Dec 2017, 10:31

Samurai Simon. Good art and effects. All them keys make it hard to get past 10.

Ollec5 Dec 2017, 10:55

I really enjoyed this, great art/animations, good soundtrack, fits the theme of the jam. The only thing I can criticize is that, for me, personally, I had to focus on either the beautiful art, or the gameplay -> what buttons I push. Though, as I said, maybe that's just me.

Didn't get past 8 :D

HellSquirrelauthor5 Dec 2017, 10:55

@danmanngames @timotheus-25 @cortexdeveloper @nillard @ollec thanks for feedback dudes

HellSquirrelauthor5 Dec 2017, 11:12

@ollec not so long ago we understood that we did 2fast increasing complexity

Nihilist5 Dec 2017, 11:25

Great concept, the indication could be a little clearer and more visible, also a short break after each enemy would be nice.

Pedro Henrique Cesar5 Dec 2017, 11:41

Awesome pixel art, loved the gameplay (gets really hard past 7 xD)

Good luck mate!

jlindell5 Dec 2017, 11:42

Nice intro setting the mood with good music and awesome pixel art! Gameplay is intuitive and responsive and a cool take on the theme! Good job.

Megalink5 Dec 2017, 11:53

Fantastic game! I loved the graphics and sound effects. It felt very satisfying to get a combination correct. Great work!

kristoverek5 Dec 2017, 12:58

At first it was difficult to notice which keys to press, but I quickly got used to that. Perhaps a slightly flashier effect would've been better. Also I might not've noticed but there is no option to exit the game (I've tried pretty much all the keys and there is no button that says exit/quit). I really like the art and animations and the game is actually really fun to play.

GerardB5 Dec 2017, 13:17

Satisfying to pull off! Also love the pixelart, nice entry :)

Romain Navazo5 Dec 2017, 14:22

Really love it :) Nice graphics, if i may point a problem, it would that the letters to hit could be more bright

Sherwood5 Dec 2017, 15:21

Hentai Dude :
> Slicin' haters with my blade, ronin wit the code, though
They call me Mugen, put my flow up on the rhyme
Disintegratin' my enemies, my way of samurai"

I love the idea. Same as above though. I would also say that a music would be welcome. Something that could enhance the atmosphere. The concept reminds me of Final Fantasy IX when you have to pretend fighting with Frank during the theater performance. Good job !

azure2s5 Dec 2017, 15:37

Great game! My favorite part is the animation and sound effect that plays when you slash through the enemies. It feels so satisfying!

I think the game would work really well with some Japanese style music. And it would be nice if there are some twists like different kinds of enemies (some kinds you have to input the commands in reverse, etc.) and bosses.

I think this game has great potential!

Priom5 Dec 2017, 16:48

The artstyle is nice. And the button memorization gameplay fits very nicely with the samurai aesthetic. Overall, Nice.

R2D485 Dec 2017, 19:26

Great game. Could you please make a AZER QSDF version for AZERTY keyboard. (tips for user like me you can use shift+alt in windows10 to switch). Please can you add some Japanese traditional music like here https://www.jamendo.com/playlist/186391/traditional-japanese (RoyaltyFree)

Shivur5 Dec 2017, 22:47

Beautiful game!

Norbert5 Dec 2017, 22:49

Cool upgrade for typical memory game. Cool graphic and mood. I haven't seen any better made game yet (but i haven't seen to much of them ;) ) Well done.

kbf1235 Dec 2017, 23:17

I like it! The art is great. Got 14 kills.

Nehvis5 Dec 2017, 23:18

Somewhat addicting. Cool graphics and sword sounds. Maybe decrease the input time after a while to add even more difficulty?

county-agent5 Dec 2017, 23:43

Nice pixel art and enjoyable, albeit not particularly innovative, game-play. Sound effects are top notch and really elevate the game.

HellSquirrelauthor6 Dec 2017, 00:11

@nihilist yeah, u're right, we have troubles with this and understood it 2late, in 1 week we added post-jam build where fix it

HellSquirrelauthor6 Dec 2017, 00:17

@pedro-henrique-cesar thanks, man, your "Tower of mana" is cool too. I like concept. How do u think, mb u should start "freezing" when player start moving and near first first more slowly freeze?

HellSquirrelauthor6 Dec 2017, 00:24

@jlindell thank you

Mowztouch6 Dec 2017, 01:31

well done, nice game.

StateOff6 Dec 2017, 06:03

Really had a hard time understanding when to press what. But then it turned out to be a fun game.
Live the theme and graphics. Nice job.

YuuK6 Dec 2017, 13:04

Really cool game ! I first did not understand when i was supposed to press the buttons, but then it turned out to be very nice to play. Graphics are really cool as well :) Good game !
(Made a score of 14)

azuredraco6 Dec 2017, 14:15

The gameplay was simple but very rewarding, like others I also had difficulty focusing on the art since all my focus went on memorizing the correct buttons and following the sequence.
Overall I very much enjoyed the game :3

HozaxernA6 Dec 2017, 14:48

Pretty good, u should change color for some elements to make better vision of them.

matheuscampos29106 Dec 2017, 15:08

Well done sir.

Ithildin6 Dec 2017, 18:04

13 kills :3

Nice game!. The graphics were beautiful, and the slashing sounds were very rewarding. At the beginning I got the impression that sometimes the letters weren't being highlighted although I could here the sound and notice a small motion, perhaps that part bugged occasionally.

Great entry!

Poorwill6 Dec 2017, 19:28

Nice progression on the difficulty and a well polished game!

Junber9 Dec 2017, 19:21

Cool game. I really liked the graphics.

pcmaster10 Dec 2017, 21:33

This was very original. Plus I totally love the graphics. Good job. I scored 12 :)

ArcticMattekar11 Dec 2017, 22:34

This is a very cool game! I had a lot of fun :thumbsup:
I couldn't get a score higher than 12...

_for_science11 Dec 2017, 22:39

I love the idea and the execution. I would have preferred if the keys were spread out across something more common (and two handed) like Arrow Keys and WASD for example. The current layout makes it very fiddly, but I guess that is by design? It is really challenging and fun the way it is though.

Overall, I had a lot of fun and found myself restarting again and again. I could never get past 11 though... :thumbsup:

applejam14 Dec 2017, 21:00

Very nice small game. Nothing new but decently crated. Good job!
Can't say that fits theme 100% though :)