Berserk

by doey
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.08
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Northern Norse nonsense!
Play as a Viking chief defending against waves of English knights, using the souls of the dead to fuel your progress.

The whole idea is that you sacrifice both friend and foe to appease the gods and survive for as long as possible.

#How To Play
Right click to control troops.
Left click to access menus.
WASD/Arrow keys to move.
1/2 to use powers.
-Survive as long as you can.

screenshot
Genres: strategy
Tools: Unity

Comments13

andrewl4 Dec 2018, 21:36
Love the audio! :D
Marrack5 Dec 2018, 17:25
would be better if the chief can attack too, and instead of blocking the view, maybe an rpg style menu for choosing upgrades would be nice. nice fun game love the humor and the references haha
Bibicio5 Dec 2018, 18:09
I love the voice acting and lines! Gives the game a very funny tone. I think the archer is too strong (or maybe Im just bad :p ). But really fun nevertheless
Doey
Doeyauthor6 Dec 2018, 13:58
@marrack Completely agree about the chief, that one was mostly due to the timing. The upgrades as well would definitely be an improvement!
@Bibicio The archer could do with a nerf.
@andrewl thanks!
paulhocker
paulhocker7 Dec 2018, 05:43
very fun -- bit hard to manage upgrades while getting attacked -- thanks for making the game
Carbonara9 Dec 2018, 17:15
What a nice game! All work, the graphics, the audio, the gameplay.

Just one thing, its maybe to hard to get in late game a huge wave of archers surrounding you but anyway I realy enjoyed playing this gorgeous game!

Nice job dude!
tadpolily18 Dec 2018, 00:23
The voice in the beginning was a funny addition. I like the concept!
Random aside: The wave of enemies could still attack me when I was buying villagers! That may have been intentional though.
BloodyOrchidDC
BloodyOrchidDC18 Dec 2018, 08:24
Really lovely voice with the soldier and the king. If the skill can be multi-use with cool down maybe I can stay alive longer.
At last I die in the rain of the arrows. Fun game, I spend a lot of time playing this!
Doey
Doeyauthor18 Dec 2018, 18:14
@tadpolily I wouldn't go as far to say intentional, but more a time restraint!

@carbonara @bloodyorchiddc The archers are definitely the largest threat! They were the last thing I worked on, so didn't have much time to check the balance.

Thanks guys for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
Antt505320 Dec 2018, 20:06
i played it several time really nice game the archer are super hard but makes it interesting at the moment one the game i spent the most time on good job
legulysse
legulysse21 Dec 2018, 17:36
Nice concept !
As you said above, it lacks polishing time. Little things like pausing the game in menus or giving more feedback on your currencies when visiting shops, would greatly improve the experience.
Balancing needs some adjustments too, archers would either one-shot every units, or walk towards me and let my men kill them without fighting back.
ps: audio in the menu made me smile o/
Jonathan Lorenz
Jonathan Lorenz26 Dec 2018, 20:27
Fun little game. Made me think about Cannon Fodder. Good point for the humor of the audio! Would have loved if I could buy archers too! Good work!
Eric777
Eric77728 Dec 2018, 00:38
Wow! I love it! I've seen a few RTS-style interfaces attempted in LD over the years, but this one was really well done. I enjoyed it very much.

I felt it was a bit too hard to keep enough men without blowing all my money in the beginning.

Audio was fantastic! Great voices. Drum-beat bg was perfect. Sfx worked well.

Easily one of my favs of this LD.

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