Loot Goblin

by zeaga
co-authored: @kaitlin-quick
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.21
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.23
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.68
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Kaitlin Quick - Art
C. Tyler Hart - Code

You are a little loot goblin, protect your hoard!

Avoid the greedy adventurers for as long as you can.

Avoid being hit by the frantic adventurers.
Use WASD or Arrows to move!

screenshot

Comments26

Ryan Westby30 Apr 2019, 04:43
This game is fun! It felt challenging and I liked your take on the theme. Great work on the art too!
hutchings9030 Apr 2019, 05:20
Just to be sure I understand and help others who play, the object of the game is to avoid being hit three times for as long as possible, right? Well done and nicely simple game.
Zeaga
Zeagaauthor30 Apr 2019, 05:24
@hutchings90 Correct! Sorry if that's not completely clear.

Thank you, everyone!
cheebz1 May 2019, 01:32
I like the art in this game. The controls are very responsive and pleasing to use. The music and sounds fit well with the rest of the game's theme. I feel like playing this would improve my reaction time! Overall, very cool. Keep it up :)
Silas Reinagel
Silas Reinagel1 May 2019, 01:35
I love the menu animation!

I like the way the music feels more frantic after each time you get hit.
Matu
Matu1 May 2019, 01:41
loved the simplicity of the game, it's fun, the music is perfect xD
my record is 53seconds xD
ArtofSavannah2 May 2019, 01:23
Such a simple concept but works perfectly for the theme. I'm finding the art quite jarring to look at, I think it's the background being so textured and repetitive. Kind of fun but challenging too.
webthingee
webthingee2 May 2019, 01:27
well done. very fast and the music builds the intensity well. I kept hoping I'd pick up one of the things on the floor, or I could go back for my coins... mayb version 2 :)
Nathaniel Jensen
Nathaniel Jensen2 May 2019, 01:28
It does not seem to work for me :(
Says it can't reach the page.
Caveman54
Caveman542 May 2019, 01:35
First off Congrats! on putting in an entry. That alone is an amazing accomplishment and be proud that you did that. Anyways it seems to me that you could have really dug into the theme a bit more. It seemed that simply making the life currency while it did work was just a minor art change. It still works and I know the theme was hard to make gameplay level changes but next time remember that. The enemy's are simple but work well. Although the enemy coming down seems like a football player lol. The music is good. Art was good. Definitely very fun to play.
mdWade2 May 2019, 02:32
I dunno if it was just me but the music started really loud. Good, just... loud. lol

The gameplay is basic, had to read the about/help sections to make sure I wasn't missing anything -- That aside, with a few more mechanics it would actually be quite solid. Art/sound aren't bad themselves.
Tudvari
Tudvari2 May 2019, 17:25
Nice pixel art, the loot goblin reminds me of an Argonian :smile:
seizethedia
seizethedia2 May 2019, 18:11
I would've really loved to be able to pick up more coins and retrieve the ones I've lost.
You can keep the intensity of it by making coins dropped disappear after a timer runs out so you're forced to run around even more.
Mika la Grand
Mika la Grand2 May 2019, 19:11
The art is okay, it's quite a simple game. I would have opted out of the humor instead of the audio, but alright. I am not sure if you can just camp in one of the corners, but I would recommend changing it so that you have a healthbar that is constantly depleting and you have to pick up coins in order to stay alive, whilest avoiding the enemies coming across the screen.
Zeaga
Zeagaauthor2 May 2019, 19:15
@mika-la-grand We can't opt into audio. We didn't make the audio. If you don't find the game humorous, please rate it appropriately.

You could camp in the corners, but you'd die to unseen enemies pretty easily since they can appear from anywhere on a radius around the center of the map.

Thank you for the feedback!
IanLux2 May 2019, 23:18
Well, it is a quite simple game, but it works properly and plays well. Props to you! Keep jamming mate. :)
Nathaniel Jensen
Nathaniel Jensen2 May 2019, 23:28
Hey, I got it to load this time! Yay! Nice simple game! Great sprite for the goblin!
RaineTheGlutton3 May 2019, 03:03
The art style, animation, and music is great! Gameplay was simple, but always forced the player to be on the move due to the enemy being on the same path as them on spawn. Great job for a JAM game!

Thanks for rating our game!
FlayerWolf3 May 2019, 23:45
Nice art and music, animations are also good!
Simple gameplay, but it's smoothly done
Copper_Aardvark_Games
Copper_Aardvark_Games4 May 2019, 22:01
I love the music! I think it ties in really well with the game and art style. Very well done!
Blondhie4 May 2019, 23:34
This was fun! I liked how gradual the increase of speed was. The change was slowly noticeable which was way less stressful when trying to stay alive. The game play was also very smooth.
GenTel5 May 2019, 21:33
Pros:
- Smooth movement that was neither too jerky nor too floaty

- Nice gold drop on damage

- Music fit the pace of the game well

Cons:

- A bit too simple on the dodge mechanic, like Asteroids is slower but there's a ton of stuff to navigate around that forms new patterns every time.

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