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Skřítek: The Nemesis of Harvest

by kr0k
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.22
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.35

You play a Skřítek

A small monster that is trying to annoy woodcutters who are harvesting your forest for wood.

Skřítek's are mysterious monsters from Slavic mythology. By playing you'll not just throw rotten plums on woodworkers and demolish huts - but also learn a lot about these fascninating creatures. But don't forget to hide before they catch you. They will try to capture you!

A top down action game: WASD for movement and Mouse for aiming & throwing plums.

Software:


* Godot Engine

* Aseprite (Pixel art)

* Bosca Ceoil (Music)

* Chiptone (SFX)
Tags: #pixel art, #singleplayer, #top-down
Genres: action
Tools: Aseprite, Bosca Ceoil, ChipTone, Godot

Comments16

havchr8 Jan 2023, 22:09
A little bit dissatisfying that you can only stun humans, but fits with the mythos/creatures, fun little game!
Zonoxx9 Jan 2023, 08:14
Really liked the art and sound, the music fits really well. Also a very original idea for the theme. Well done!
caranha
caranha9 Jan 2023, 14:07
That is a neat game! I like learning about fantastical creatures.

The game was a bit easy though, since the woodcutters would always follow you, and you are faster than then, which means that you could dodge them forever for infinite score. I wonder what would be a good way to improve that.

Thank you for the game!
LDJam user 09 Jan 2023, 15:42
Chudáci skřítci :D
It's a game of flashback, catchy czech music, but an imbalanced gameplay.
Sometimes after a hit they recover immediately. Where are the other skriteks :(
Yumepix
Yumepix9 Jan 2023, 19:39
Well done for the graphics they are really cool !
Sadly it's hard to play with wasd with an azerty keyboard :_) maybe you can use arrows ?
Well done !
profan
profan9 Jan 2023, 22:24
This is a very cute little game, though the way you accumulate points is a little curious (seems entirely time based?) so if you manage to destroy their houses early, you earn less points than if you end up kiting them around for a long time :thinking:

The music is really cute though, and definitely solid points for an original theme to it! Love the art too.
Dom De Re10 Jan 2023, 05:58
Great! I loved the spin on the theme and the chill music!
Cheezegami10 Jan 2023, 16:14
Neat game overall. Game was well executed and I didn't run into any bugs.
LDJam user 280036
LDJam user 28003612 Jan 2023, 05:53
Nice pixel art, and I like the trivia :slight_smile:

I found myself accidentally clicking on the music toggle when trying to shoot the house in the top right. It may benefit to not have the UI overlaying the play area.
TRSTHSTRS
TRSTHSTRS13 Jan 2023, 09:21
Fun Game! Because of the Trivia 8/12 i now wish i could see mountain, plains, house and field Skriteks too! Havent had any bugs. Nice Pixelart, overall a pretty neat Entry!
jk5000
jk500014 Jan 2023, 11:10
A fun but also really difficult little game. I like the visuals and the music is also pretty good. Overall a good game. Well done.
cannibalgirl
cannibalgirl15 Jan 2023, 00:19
respect for compo and using the pagan mythology yeeaaa

i enjoyed kiting the woodcuters and nuking their homes with my powerful rotten plums

what exactly is happening in the bushes when Skřítek is hiding that he manages to get such amounts of rotten plums is very interesting for me but the trivia did not anwser that question for me :DDD

sweet entry
Zirrrus
Zirrrus15 Jan 2023, 15:27
Great game. Fun to learn about a new type of mythical character!
teenythanos
teenythanos16 Jan 2023, 04:13
Wow, what a lovely entry!! I enjoyed learning about the Skritek, and I thought the gameplay was really fun.

I liked the ability to toggle music, but I do wish the music loop was a little longer. I think for a game like this, a slightly longer loop with a little more form would have gone a long way. But the audio aesthetic was great, and I'm a huge fan of the shooting SFX. Great entry!!
pazzi16 Jan 2023, 04:31
This was really cool! I like how I can either decide to try for a higher score or speedrun it!
Only thing I might add is some sort of difficulty increase the longer you wait in the bush (woodcutter speed increase perhaps)
Awesome entry ^~^
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