Custodians for the more haunted castles have a slightly different responsibility: disposing of the supernatural. Ideally without causing too much of the roof to collapse.
Castle Custodian is a shooter/bullet hell where hitting a wall causes part of the ceiling to collapse, slowly running the player out of space to avoid enemy attacks.
Controls:
Use WASD to move
Press space to combat roll and avoid all damage
Left click to shoot a fireball, destroying your enemies and potentially the level
Note: The game tends to lag in fullscreen in chrome. If this happens to you, either use Firefox or exit fullscreen.
i love the music and the idea. However, it's hard to control the character after a while. The player character can get stuck between the spawned obstacles too.
Fun game! Fun use of the theme too. Wish enemies were introduced slower, sometimes it felt as if hoards of new foes would appear and I have to figure out how 3 of them work at the same time.
Castle Custodian is a great name for a game =P. The art and audio really added to the atmosphere on this one.
The spawn walls on miss mechanic is interesting, but it can be a little frustrating for the player. I enjoyed walling off enemies until I realized I was running out of level. I'm sure this is by design, but it's a very unforgiving mechanic!
Great overall idea - enjoyed the first 2-3 levels quite a lot. Unfortunately the character gets stuck after that in most cases. But with a little fine-tuning gameplay could be improved. Very creative opponents by the way. Congrats on your submission and good luck!
@darkguardsman What browser are you using that it lags in? Are you playing in fullscreen? I'm not sure why, but it does tend to lag in Chrome fullscreen.
Fun bullet-hell type of game! Graphics and audio are cool. They set the correct mood very well. The concept fits the theme perfectly. After trying it many times, I still didn't manage to win. Character controlling was a bit difficult. The character got stuck in the walls pretty often.
Anyways, the game is good and it is fun to play! Nice entry!
Great game, the first one in this LD I was gripped by and completed (10 HP left :) Like the audio and visuals too. I only think it would have been better if it was known where an enemy would next spawn, even if only for a moment, since without it I had them spawn right next to me not giving me any time to avoid their next projectile.
it had a few bugs but overall a very fun game - really liked the concept - i could not move between seperated tiles making it impossible to finish a level - thanks for making this
This was a brilliant idea for a unique take on a bullet hell. I like the idea that you cant get crazy just blasting at everything because of the wall damage mechanic.
this game is one of my favorites - it is really rewarding to kill the ghosts, and i feel like a badass everytime i dodge out of a flurry of attacks. Well done!
The only bug that i noticed is that you can't go through a gap of width 1, as other pointed out.
Also, i don't know it this was intentional, but I noticed that the enemies would spawn in clusters, making it difficult to keep track of how many bullets you already fired. That added a layer of difficulty that wouldn't have been present otherwise.
Graphics, sounds & music all very well done! The gameplay was easy to learn and everything seemed to work. I liked the fact that instead of spamming fireballs everywhere you had to be careful not to wall yourself in!
Neat game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 42 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/RlwE2-mxmJw
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The spawn walls on miss mechanic is interesting, but it can be a little frustrating for the player. I enjoyed walling off enemies until I realized I was running out of level. I'm sure this is by design, but it's a very unforgiving mechanic!
Fun game!
Anyways, the game is good and it is fun to play! Nice entry!
The only bug that i noticed is that you can't go through a gap of width 1, as other pointed out.
Also, i don't know it this was intentional, but I noticed that the enemies would spawn in clusters, making it difficult to keep track of how many bullets you already fired. That added a layer of difficulty that wouldn't have been present otherwise.