Hope you guys enjoy this simple game! The objective of this game is to corrupt all the land tiles by walking on it. However, you will encounter some enemies that can one-hit kill you! But they are slow and takes time before they can move and attack. To defeat an enemy, all you gotta do is corrupt all the land tiles around an enemy (four directions), so that they can no longer move (hence, they RUN OUT OF SPACE!).
Had a blast with LD42. Not really a fan of the theme but hey, it's the theme! I also used the other themes as well as old LD themes! Can you spot all of them? Spent almost 12 hours thinking of a game and I had only about 4 or 5 hours available each day to code, test, and do the artwork. Was initially planning to send this for the Compo but that will remain as just a dream.
Nice game, but I found a bud when in the html version, when I walk around and the knight is not next to me after few rounds, he will jist teleport towadrs me and slash me. But overall great concept :D
Well, what can I say.... not dark enough! Ha, no, just kidding, haven't played it yet but I will soon, and then we shall see who's the darkest lord in the land!
This game is VERY funny, the title itself made me burst out in laughter! The graphics and pixel art was outstanding, and the feel of the game, somehow fit with the humor of it! Good Job!
Question--does the countdown always go down? I feel like there are some moves I take and the countdown doesn't decrease. I feel dumb, I'm having trouble on the first enemy, hehehe.
Edit: Thanks for the info! I'll give it another go now
@jamison thanks for playing my game. when you are surrounded by corruption on all sides (up, down, left, right), you will become invisible (your character will blink). when you are invisible, the knights won't move and their counter won't go down. you can use this feature (not a bug) to move into a better position.
I made it to the level with the gap in the middle. Pretty fun and deep, but I couldn't get further. Personally, I was stuck on the first level with the moving knight for way too long. I think the difficulty curve would be gentler if the first awake enemy you encounter shouldn't be able to move and attack in the same turn, just one or the other. Then, you could add that knight that moves+attacks as a later enemy. I also think I'm just really bad at your game, though :)
Oh my God. When I first started playing, I thought it would be a boring game where you can not go through the same tiles several times. But you surprised me. Great game for game design and graphics.
Great game that had me wanting to keep playing, but I had to give up at level 8 due to time - very hard for me at that level and couldn't get past it after about 10 tries. Addictive. The only problem I found was that sometimes the dead knight wouldn't disappear when you stepped on him - extremely minor in the scheme of things.
I had a lot of fun with this, but I found it quite difficult. Maybe have a few levels at the start that are a bit easier with the knights. Really cool concept though! Would make a great mobile game.
Definitely among the better ones I've played! Quite a great little puzzle game you got there. Impressive for the little time you apparently had to make it. Have to confess, this lord is indeed rather dark. Not quite as dark as me probably, but way up there. And funny as well! I also have to confess, I stopped at level 11, as there didn't seem to be much variation at that point. Some fresh gameplay elements would certainly have helped, but then again, given your limited time, this is more that good enough! I guess a few levels less would still have been alright though in this case.
Otherwise, maybe a different background might have been worth a try. The whole game is so eerie, yet there's this happy bright background. I'm getting a little picky though. Congrats on the game. Very well done!
@ryanjavanshir thanks! yeah i ran out of time to tweak the difficulty. if i ever have time (time? what time?) then I will certainly make a mobile version with more mechanics!
@very-dark-lord wow, coming from the very dark lord himself! there's actually 12 levels in all hahaha, too bad you were not able to complete all. but yeah you're right i ran out of time to add more mechanics. was planning to add at least a 2nd enemy type. i spent too much time on tweaking the gameplay (there were lots of bugs) and i played all the levels to make sure that it can be finished. was actually planning to just make 5 or 6 levels but was worried that people would complain.
yeah i agree with the background. did not have the time to make a decent one as well as a title screen. but i'm really glad you liked the game.
Must be the game I played most in this jam. The character speaking was funny. The game seem simple at first glance, but I actually started to lose all the time at the 7th level. I replayed the levels many times before getting to the solution. Although, I don't know if it's a bug or a feature, but I trapped 2 enemies side by side with poison, and that automatically lost me the round because I had no way to kill them...
This is a cool game. The only thing I didn't like is how the enemies can move and attack all in one turn. It just feels wrong and unintuitive. But other than that, I liked the game, and think it would be fun on mobile like everyone else.
I really liked the animations and puzzles. The game is engaging and puzzling however the invisibility mechanic and whether the demon would be attacked were a bit unclear. Despite this, it's a really fun and entertaining game :smiley:
This is really enjoyable puzzle game! I'm in 11st level now and planning to finish it! It took some time to understand how they move but after that it was fun! :) Visuals are charming, the mood of the game is thanks to music also great and puzzles are challenging. I like it a lot!
I absolutely loved this one. Extremely compulsive and played through to the end. Would love to see more. But maybe extra levels would require adding some new mechanics beyond the knights (e.g. something that could uncorrupt the land?).
Great game. Really challenging. The AI are really smart and makes it quite a challenge. One suggestion, maybe the darklord do not need to take over all the land to end the session. Killing all the enemies should be enough
@g12345 wow! you must be the first one to say that they finished the game! thanks for playing and i'm glad you liked it!
@tlcoc thanks for playing. thanks for the suggestion! yeah i'm thinking about that. :)
@amkingtrp glad you liked it. yeah i was planning to add more mechanics / obstacles but ran out of time :). I'm trying to make a mobile version and will do add more mechanics! thanks!
@jiri-hysek wow hope you finish it! really glad that you liked it. thanks for playing and leaving your feedback!
@paulhocker wow! really glad that this game is one of your favorites! i'm planning to make a mobile version of this game so please watch out for that! thanks!
@capitals thanks for playing! yeah a lot of players seem to have a difficulty about the movement / attack of the knights. i'm trying to improve the game by listening to suggestions and add more tutorials.
@flashviper thanks for playing! yeah, it seems unintuitive for some. trying to tweak it and improve the tutorial levels. :D
@frozenfire92 many, many thanks for playing! really glad that you liked it!
@kisamegr thanks! glad you liked it! yeah that could happen. unfortunately, they won't die and it's an automatic gameover (planning to add a restart button).
Really cool gameplay, good story/premise, humorous, great music, and amazing art to top it off. Wow. Definately worthy of being a winner! Can you check out my game as well? Thanks.
Nice! The core mechanic was interesting and the various knights presented interesting difficulties. Some things could be improved, I feel – in the explanations, you say something like "if surrounded by 4 tiles, then X" (for the knight deaths and the warping). I found this quite confusing since at first I didn't realise that if a knight is surrounded by corrupted tiles on two sides and there are empty tiles on the remaining two tiles, the knight dies. Same for the warping.
It might be good to visually display what a knight's turn speed is. At any point you only see its current turn counter and you have to remember what it resets to. Perhaps show the different knight speeds with different graphics? E.g. a slow knight with turn speed 4 wearing heavy armour, a fast knight with turn speed 1 wearing light armour. While you're at it I'm sure there are other variations that could be introduced, e.g. knights that only attack horizontally, knights that attack diagonally, knights that move like the knights in chess, etc.
After all the knights in a level are dead, it is kind of satisfying to fill out all the uncorrupted tiles, but at the same time, it is just busy work. Perhaps make the dark lord automatically and quickly do this when all the knights are dead? There is no challenge after all. Would be more interesting if there are special tile types, e.g. ones that can only be walked on a number of times before they collapse.
@aurel300 wow thanks for the amazing feedback! adding the knight's speed is really a great idea! i'm gonna do it! i'm also doing different art for the knights for a mobile version. again, many many thanks!
This is a really great game, and very addictive. I little polish and your ready to publish. I quickly got sucked in and couldn't stop playing. Amazing job!
The pretty challenging and fun puzzle mechanic combined with the humorous tutorial gives a great playing experience. I actually played this for quite a while, the puzzle seemed simple but became hard pretty fast. I really liked it. The graphics were ok and the music provided a good mood.
I love the concept of this and the game felt really balanced. Some more enemy variety would have been really cool, but that's expected in a LD entry. Loved the dialogue and design. I even shared this with a friend of mine who played a bunch of it! Thanks for sharing your game with my stream awhile back. Your game was played around 1:47 into this vod: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/298692367
This was a neat little game. Shows that you don't need a huge amount of fancy stuff to make something fun. Definitely good humor in there. Here's a video of my feedback and play: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/303323179
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have you finished all 12 levels?
Cool and original concept, and those graphics were good in their own style.
Good job dude!
Edit: Thanks for the info! I'll give it another go now
I have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream.
You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/297889760
@yursa wow thanks! glad you liked it!
Have to confess, this lord is indeed rather dark. Not quite as dark as me probably, but way up there. And funny as well!
I also have to confess, I stopped at level 11, as there didn't seem to be much variation at that point. Some fresh gameplay elements would certainly have helped, but then again, given your limited time, this is more that good enough! I guess a few levels less would still have been alright though in this case.
Otherwise, maybe a different background might have been worth a try. The whole game is so eerie, yet there's this happy bright background.
I'm getting a little picky though. Congrats on the game. Very well done!
@michael-oliveira @wetbox @anna-petrova many thanks! never thought that a lot of people would like my game. although, yeah, it is quite difficult.
@ryanjavanshir thanks! yeah i ran out of time to tweak the difficulty. if i ever have time (time? what time?) then I will certainly make a mobile version with more mechanics!
@very-dark-lord wow, coming from the very dark lord himself! there's actually 12 levels in all hahaha, too bad you were not able to complete all. but yeah you're right i ran out of time to add more mechanics. was planning to add at least a 2nd enemy type. i spent too much time on tweaking the gameplay (there were lots of bugs) and i played all the levels to make sure that it can be finished. was actually planning to just make 5 or 6 levels but was worried that people would complain.
yeah i agree with the background. did not have the time to make a decent one as well as a title screen. but i'm really glad you liked the game.
@tlcoc thanks for playing. thanks for the suggestion! yeah i'm thinking about that. :)
@amkingtrp glad you liked it. yeah i was planning to add more mechanics / obstacles but ran out of time :). I'm trying to make a mobile version and will do add more mechanics! thanks!
@jiri-hysek wow hope you finish it! really glad that you liked it. thanks for playing and leaving your feedback!
@paulhocker wow! really glad that this game is one of your favorites! i'm planning to make a mobile version of this game so please watch out for that! thanks!
@capitals thanks for playing! yeah a lot of players seem to have a difficulty about the movement / attack of the knights. i'm trying to improve the game by listening to suggestions and add more tutorials.
@crazyd @brain-warm-up @coffeecup-winner @him thanks! really happy that you liked it!
@flashviper thanks for playing! yeah, it seems unintuitive for some. trying to tweak it and improve the tutorial levels. :D
@frozenfire92 many, many thanks for playing! really glad that you liked it!
@kisamegr thanks! glad you liked it! yeah that could happen. unfortunately, they won't die and it's an automatic gameover (planning to add a restart button).
Sometimes AI is really intelligent, waits for you to come before moving :O
Nice entry, great work guys !!
Can you check out my game as well?
Thanks.
It might be good to visually display what a knight's turn speed is. At any point you only see its current turn counter and you have to remember what it resets to. Perhaps show the different knight speeds with different graphics? E.g. a slow knight with turn speed 4 wearing heavy armour, a fast knight with turn speed 1 wearing light armour. While you're at it I'm sure there are other variations that could be introduced, e.g. knights that only attack horizontally, knights that attack diagonally, knights that move like the knights in chess, etc.
After all the knights in a level are dead, it is kind of satisfying to fill out all the uncorrupted tiles, but at the same time, it is just busy work. Perhaps make the dark lord automatically and quickly do this when all the knights are dead? There is no challenge after all. Would be more interesting if there are special tile types, e.g. ones that can only be walked on a number of times before they collapse.
Anyway, good stuff :)
Look out for part 10 of my recorded review of LD games : D https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG--XwkRpPBAHBinS7hsRQg?view_as=subscriber