Hack, Slash, and Toss mobs to avoid *running out of space*!!
Defeat monsters to stun them, and toss them over the bottom of the level to kill them! If you dont get rid of them, they will swarm you, take up movable space, and make it harder to survive.
How high of a score can you get?
Kill and throw the dummy off of the void to start the game.
* Controls (Keyboard) *
wasd - movement. L-click - attack.
R-Click - Block
Space - Grab and Throw
Enter - Pause
* Controls (Gamepad) *
arrow keys to move
x - Attack
b -Block
a - Grab and Throw!
start - Pause
* Safety Keys (Important) *
Ctrl - Returns player to game area, near the center of the room. (Only use if you get stuck in a glitch! Abusing this will ruin the game! In other words, dont use it just because monsters are swarming you)
Esc - Restarts the game
* if you get a popup asking to search for an app in the app store, just click no *
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@triplefox hold on ill look into it and upload a fixed version. Tho I seem to be able to launch the exe without any issues EDIT: Its looking for gamepad input, and cant find any. Hold on, and ill fix it!
The game runs now, but it's not spawning the first wave. I kill the dummy and it goes translucent and level changes to 1, but it never disappears.
(Sneaking suspicion: it's another gamepad bug and I should just admit defeat and go find my Steam controller already because games designed around a very specific I/O configuration always appear in game jams)
@triplefox I am unable to replicate this bug. It sounds like a collision issue between the dummy and the object over the pit that handles the enemy kills. When you throw the dummy over, it should disappear. The only thing I can think of is to try restarting the game.
Im having the same issue as @triplefox, i kill the dummy but the first wave never spawns. Seems like a really cool game tho, i was looking forward to playing it!
@guilhermoni Just so we are both on the same page, you are throwing the dummy over the void at the bottom of the game room, right? If there is any way you can send me a video of the glitch @ [email protected], so I can see exactly what is happening, that would be great :)
@pixels-everywhere Oh ok, i threw it and it got working. Really fun game, pretty solid. Art is fine, so is sound. Just wished that when blocking we could still move, but at reduced speed. Well done!
@guilhermoni Glad you enjoyed! Yeah, I agree with you, movement while blocking would have been better, the idea didnt even cross my mind during the jam, lol.
@earnso Thanxs! Maybe they should add a nostalgia rating.... >:). Just kidding!
@hakro In the future, I will make the audio fade in rather than stat abruptly. Thanks for the feed-back!
The game looks great and fits the theme really well. For me it was a bit too difficult on the first level, but then again, I might just not be very good!
It looks awesome ! Great graphics, and the gameplay seems fun, however... I just can't play it x). I kill the dummy but the game still doesn't start, no monster wave coming, and I can't do anything else than keeping hitting the poor dummy (still funny though). Even after restarting and killing it again I have the same problem. It's a shame because I would really like to play this game !
@pixels-everywhere My bad, I thought it was only for the monsters, ah ah. I should have tried it though, but I'm just too stupid. Anyway, an awesome and challenging game, great job !
@whismirk Dont say that, you're not stupid! I should have made that more clear in the instructions for my game. I had the mind to make a tutorial scene with the dummy, but i ran out of time. ;w;
The game is very difficult, but the game is quite fun and sounds awesome and looks stunning. I thin that if the game was slightly easier the theme would be much more noticeable.
I like the detailed pixel art style and the little character sprites. The music is pretty groovy too. Having to throw enemies off of the stage is an interesting idea, but I feel that the combat is a bit bare bones and repetitive. Despite my issues with the combat, this is an overall solid entry. Good job!
@sinnis@ronchiko@superpokeunicorn When the jam and grading is over, i will probably make a post Ludum Dare version, to fix the difficulty curve, add a tutorial, add different combat, etc..
Quite neat. I will say it was super unclear from ingame information that the bottom of the screen was a pit and that I needed to throw things into, I thought my game had bugged after I defeated the dummy until I read this page again. The music is a very fun groove, but doesn't loop very well.
Yeah like the others I had a problem too on the start. There was no information that you have to push this dummy down. But the battle after that was fun. The Pixel arts, music and animations are good too!
Like all concepts, it's kinda hard to really know how well it will work. The problem I saw was instead of it being a matter of throwing corpses off of the platform to make room to move around, I would just end up dying instead because there were so many of them at once. So maybe turn down the spawn rate for each wave?
The sounds fit pretty well. Some of them seem a little loud, but overall I think they add to the experience. And the mechanics are pretty smooth, I do wish it was a littler more dynamic, like being able to move while attacking? Or having some sort of dash ability? I guess what I'm trying to get at is that the combat wasn't super rewarding. I don't know, but what I do know is you did some good stuff here.
Really nice game, but very, very difficult! I got overwhelmed in wave 1 - a lot of enemies spawn in and do a ton of damage! Also, as others have said, it's not entirely clear that you're supposed to throw enemies into the pit.
With some difficulty tweaks, this could be really cool.
@taner@sublustris Thanks for the feedback! @colin-misbach Yeah, the overbearing difficulty was a bit of an oversight in the haste of the compo. I made an attempt by putting a limit on how many mobs are allowed to be alive on the screen before more can spawn, but i forgot to put rules for which mobs can spawn at any given time.
I agree with Colin. Really enjoy all the aesthetics, and the sheer variety of monsters you've created, I just wish you could attack along the vertical axis too. Its easy to get mobbed down while focusing one enemy, and then you have no escape. I do like the corpses being in the way as a concept, just tuning down the spawn rates would make it better.
Awesome but too rough with the first wave. Also minor point: The carpet seems a bit too noisy/distracting. But overall the graphics are great. Nice job!
Beautiful presentation and there is a very good amount of enemy types and patterns. I think it would be better if the character had a slash instead of a stab (maybe as an upgrade or something), to cover more area. Also, I wish I could walk and block at the same time, even if at half speed. Solid entry.
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