Defend the King

by hastro
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.46
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Defend your King against invaders!


Upgrade your kit at the shop...

Screenshot from 2020-04-20 11-36-43.png

Controls

WASD to move and mouse to look around. Left click to attack and right click to use potions.

Tip: try and out-angle your opponents...

Resources

Game was made using Godot,
Gimp for the art,
and DrPetter's sfxr tool for the sound effects: http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html.

Change Log

20/04/2020
- Altered difficulty slightly (it was impossible to obtain the halberd)
- Fixed typo in shop UI

screenshot
Tools: GIMP, Godot, sfxr

Comments16

DeSpiciestBoi20 Apr 2020, 11:01
An enjoyable game, however I feel that there should be some doge or block button because there seems to be no method of defending yourself. Nice sprites.
MAJK_FL20 Apr 2020, 11:02
Pretty challenging.
RexGame20 Apr 2020, 11:02
i can't play ^^'
magnusfurcifer20 Apr 2020, 11:02
Things that worked:
- There's some good juice in this game, the animations are fun and the cutscene at the beginning showing the enemy knights coming into the throne room is a really nice polished touch.
- The art is top notch, especially for a jam game.
- The top down perspective is cool. I get like a medieval Hotline Miami vibe from this whole thing.

Things that didn't work so well:
- It was so darn hard. I just kept getting nailed by the enemy knights, I didn't manage to get far enough to buy any upgrades.

Overall well done, a few tweaks and it would be a fun game for sure.
Nicolas Diniz20 Apr 2020, 11:09
Great art ! The effects fit well the actions ! Really like the knife/sword movement. I suck at playing it, can't quite figure out the hitboxes but I enjoy playing it !
maxter1000121 Apr 2020, 04:53
Seemed like a really cool concept and was really fun for the first couple of minutes I played it, but I quickly fell into some bugs that got me stuck in a corner while the king died. Still fun for the first amount of time though, hope it could be polished more! Good job!
blackmoodgames
blackmoodgames21 Apr 2020, 04:58
great concept, i found it pretty hard but the style is amazing

a little gameplay

amazing you did this on a day, it feels nice
Vinterdo21 Apr 2020, 04:59
I liked art style, sounds were matching too. But for a gameplay side - it gets boring after few minutes. Its all about strafing constantly. As other suggested, there should be some block mechanic, something that forces player to think if he should attack, or wait.

But overall, cool game
Emperor Eagle
Emperor Eagle21 Apr 2020, 05:03
Pretty fun! Good and consistent graphic style. I liked the way you have to out-angle the enemy (thanks for the tip). It runs smooth and feels really clean (as in, you can get the angles on enemies without bugs or glitches). Well done!
Michael Sjogren21 Apr 2020, 05:09
Good sound effects , nice graphics , extremely difficult gameplay, wish it was slightly easier tbh barley made 20 gold or so before i died.

unfortunately got stuck in the corner a few times and couldn't move.
Alchemic
Alchemic21 Apr 2020, 05:32
Too difficult with no options to defend yourself from enemies with better weapons. Otherwise good!
randdir
randdir21 Apr 2020, 07:13
Nice entry but the hitbox should be improve for the player sword (I touch and it doesn't seems to affect) nevermind good job pal.
SpaceStrawberriesStudio21 Apr 2020, 14:05
It's a well thought game but gameplay is impossible to have fun. Enemies are too strong and you can't hit them.The pixel art is good and the idea is nice. If you can work on gameplay little bit more your game will be fun. Keep up the good work !
Niki9000021 Apr 2020, 15:59
I love the artstyle!
Mathieu Semin
Mathieu Semin23 Apr 2020, 11:55
The art is nice for a game made in 48h ! The UI is also a nice polish touch. To improve the game, I think you could add a shield or any other way for the player to defend itself. The game is hard, but I had fun playing it, good job !

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