Cleaner of the Crumbling Keep

by andy593
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.77
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.83
The Dragon's lair is crumbling, with its master still deep inside... Too bad he's your boss.

Take control of a lowly kobold janitor, and rush to the bottom of the dungeon, completing every fast-paced task in your path as you seek to appease your ruler!!

Controls:
WASD/Arrow Keys -- Move, Task Commands

Enter/Space -- Confirm, Talk Commands

Esc -- Pause Menu

Comments23

MabraX
MabraX5 Oct 2021, 00:36
I like the idea, no time to stop and think!. Nicely done!.
Simpathey5 Oct 2021, 04:59
Loved the game, and execution. Could be expanded upon in a post jam version. I might add weighted random so that the games never stack too much.
blankets_mcgee5 Oct 2021, 18:32
Excellent "Warioware" style roguelike. The audio was a bit loud because of the 8-bit nature of the songs they hit really hard in the high ends BUT it was a bop! Jammin while cleaning!
blobo5 Oct 2021, 18:40
Oh man, I absolutely love the Wario Ware type minigames!! I softlocked the game on what I imagine was the final few rooms, I ran into a stir the pot minigame, and I must've accidentally touched the minigame a second time before it despawned post-completion, because I was prompted to stir again but the minigame didn't appear and I could no longer move. In any case, the music is an absolute bop, and the minigames were a whole lot of fun! The stomp animation was especially nice, with the stretch / squish. Oh man, well done!

The level design was really great too, I liked how some of the dungeons were shaped like a skull or a maze. After buying all the items, I felt less incentivized to go for gold. Perhaps it shows your high score or something at the end of the game, but I never made it there, what with the softlock and all. Overall, this was a fantastic entry! Seriously great work from all of you.
llaumegui5 Oct 2021, 19:55
Really loved the Minigames, good job !
LDJam user 139668
LDJam user 1396685 Oct 2021, 20:04
Even broken dungeon should be a clean dungeon I guess...

Cool music and gameplay. And I found this style pretty fun and cool for a jam game
Nillard
Nillard5 Oct 2021, 20:05
Great variety of mini games! Good music and audio. One of my favorites so far.
Cookie_CHR
Cookie_CHR5 Oct 2021, 20:10
Really good game! Sadly, somewhere at level 3 my game crashed. I had just picked up a minigame but all I could see was an empty sign...
Reispfannenfresser
Reispfannenfresser5 Oct 2021, 20:37
This is probably my favorite game of this jam so far.
It's stressful, fun, and most importantly manageable. The difficulty is just right.

I stumbled upon a few minor inconveniences:
1. The minimap colors for gold and the tasks are pretty similar which almost killed me once :sweat_smile: Maybe making them a bit more different could be beneficial.
2. Restarting is impossible? Maybe there is a way, but I couldn't find it. I ended up reloading the page which kind of has the same effect.

But both of these are just nitpicks and probably easily adjustable.

You did an amazing job!
kbf123
kbf1235 Oct 2021, 20:58
I also really liked it!

Of note, on one of the type in sign levels, the exclamation point was cut off so I messed it up. Also stirring the pot was really tough on the later levels.
GodDoesPlayDice6 Oct 2021, 12:15
Mini-games are interesting and set the general mood well.
I_Try_To_Art6 Oct 2021, 17:01
The game was fun and interesting, the playstyle was fast paced but that's what makes it so fun, overall great game :)))
AnneArkey
AnneArkey6 Oct 2021, 20:10
Love that the game is on Newgrounds, brought back some good memories! Music, story, and visuals were great! Good use of the theme, not only in the timer, but in the randomness of the minigames. I also enjoyed the map swiveling and shaking as the levels were collapsing.
Quite Good
Quite Good7 Oct 2021, 05:02
This game is just OOzing with charm.. You guys killed it! One of my favorite games I've played this jam. The concept is neat, who doesn't love minigames, and the animations are incredible (especially dodging the punches). I love that we're playing as a disgruntled lizard janitor, so good. I lost my shit when I had to shoot a running wizard. Also shoutout to the incredible shop music, A+ dude
Tsunscreen
Tsunscreen7 Oct 2021, 05:44
This game OOZES charm. Incredible thing to put together for a game jam. The portraits at the end were great too
amkingTRP7 Oct 2021, 14:07
That was really quite fun. Loved the Among Us / Warioware style minigames, but the sign writing confused me: I typed "Danger!" but it claimed it was wrong and removed my remaining time.. unless I missed something?

This game definitely deserves a post-jam version.
nanolotl
nanolotl7 Oct 2021, 14:48
Felt very hectic and fun. The stirring minigame was quite satisfying.
AdamCYounis
AdamCYounis8 Oct 2021, 04:46
Whoa! so much variety in such a small game. I really appreciated the way the time went up slightly for completing tasks. That really incentivises the player to actually want to complete them, rather than think of them as an encumbrance. I didn't get very far, but I enjoyed what I played. The only critical feedback I have relates to the graphics scaling, which seemed quite small when playing the game. I couldn't really appreciate the dungeon overworld. Also, props for great sound and creative mini-game designs.

Thanks for the game!
Avzgui
Avzgui10 Oct 2021, 13:34
Nice entry! I really loved the music and all the mini-games :)
emk410 Oct 2021, 14:07
Although it's a basic concept, the mini-games worked great with the growing pressure.
The though of this janitor doing these tedious chores really was quite humorous.
Pierre Morreel10 Oct 2021, 15:06
What really set me in the game is the music, I don't know why but I found it fitting well! Cool amount of mini-games, you kept minimum of controls for all of them and that's a nice thing ! Cool jam game.
socratease1512 Oct 2021, 03:15
Fun game! Had trouble un-pausing the game when I paused it
GullynGames18 Oct 2021, 21:07
This is really fun! It took me a couple tries to figure out how to gain more "life" but it seemed obvious once I figured it out. It would be nice if there was a way to restart the game after dying, instead of having to reload the page. This is one of the funniest games I've seen, good job!

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