Knight Dash

by sam-awk
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.67
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.27
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.52
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.89
This is likely not the best game in Ludum Dare, but I tried my best and that's what matters.

Controls

A and D to go left and right
W to jump (Double press to double jump)
F to punch
Gameplay

The armor makes you go faster and jump higher. The sword then makes your attacks stronger. Most people probably wont Get That far though because I put a lot of enemies

screenshot

Comments25

NachtWitch7 Oct 2019, 00:10
you don't give yourself enough credit, you only had 48 hours to do this
24 if you take another24 for living
Rollersteaam
Rollersteaam7 Oct 2019, 01:28
The graphics for this are good. Some small changes to the music would work well, and some quality of life improvements such as an extended attack range or being able to punch while moving would be great. Well done for your compo submission.
sam.awk
sam.awkauthor7 Oct 2019, 01:31
Thank you very much!
Bobothegreat
Bobothegreat7 Oct 2019, 01:41
The graphics and music were very good :) My only really complaint was the range and hit detection on the punching was a little bit quirky, but with a little more fine tuning I'm sure it could be a ton more fun!
diaonic7 Oct 2019, 01:44
I was going to ask if being up here was a bug or a secret, then I got alittle further and saw your message. Either way really nice job. I really liked the skeletons and the naked guy animation. The knight felt alittle too shovel knightish for me. Either way you did a fantastic job for 48 hours.
sam.awk
sam.awkauthor7 Oct 2019, 01:55
is like how in mario you can find secret platforms. But thanks!
Jeremy Ryan
Jeremy Ryan7 Oct 2019, 03:02
Nice entry! Only one HP and tight hitboxes are a little punishing, but the gameplay itself is solid. The animations are particularly nice. Is there a reason you opted out of Graphics?

Well done!
Ktao7 Oct 2019, 20:02
Holy macaroons this is hard! The jumps at the beginning aren't forgiving whatsoever, and when you get the knight armor you go so fast that it's hard to control. Regardless, I love the naked guy animation, and while rage-inducing, it was still pretty fun!
Decappoolla
Decappoolla7 Oct 2019, 20:26
Emmmm do I actually have punch? When wearing armor I can`t even see me attacking. And I can't jump off enemy when I'm about to get the sword...Too hard for me. But I like the graphic and animation of skeleton enemies.
NachtWitch7 Oct 2019, 20:33
really cool game btw, the jump hight was too low in my opinion at first though
Game-mon
Game-mon7 Oct 2019, 20:41
I liked the idea quite well; however, I gave up quite quickly, as it was too hard for me. I think movement/controls could be slightly improved. But overall cool game! :D
Jeremy Ryan
Jeremy Ryan7 Oct 2019, 21:33
@sam-awk All good, just gave you my rating. Good luck for the rest of rating season!
MaggardJosh
MaggardJosh7 Oct 2019, 22:37
One hit kills and the hit box being quirky was a bit frustrating. Also it seemed like once you got the armor you couldn't attack any longer? Liked the graphics a lot, nice entry!
Yeomsley7 Oct 2019, 23:56
I managed to dash off the end of the world :laughing: It took a few tries to beat the game but it was fun. The skeleton animation was really well done!
HiveMinds8 Oct 2019, 00:11
This is a really nice submission man!!

Just requires some difficulty tweaking.

I thought personally it was really funny that putting on armor makes you faster and (essentially) lighter in weight haha.

The animations, sprites, music. All really great and the aesthetic works really well.
sam.awk
sam.awkauthor8 Oct 2019, 01:02
I fixed hit boxes and attacks / animation
frenchie
frenchie8 Oct 2019, 07:01
I love the art in this game! It's too bad you had to lose some work with unexpected crashes because it would have been great to see more!
GoldenEvolution
GoldenEvolution8 Oct 2019, 17:41
Art and theme stands out the most here. I did finish the game the first time around without using attacks though, by just jumping over the enemies. Second time around I tried to melee them, but the melee attacks didn't feel too responsive, so avoiding the enemies at all was the better choice. Keep making games and improve, because the art is definitely awesome already
PythooonUser8 Oct 2019, 20:35
I really like the graphics. The shadows on the character sprites are very good. I had trouble fighting enemies, but that could be because of my insufficient platformer skills :)
gwinnell
gwinnell10 Oct 2019, 13:39
Hey, I think you did pretty well given the situation! So did _this_ guy!
crneumre
crneumre26 Oct 2019, 11:42
Really cool entry! Loved the art and the music. LD is about getting a game out there and you did it so congrats :)

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