Anvil Express

by zykra
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.65
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Here at Anvil Express we have the greatest hand made Anvils in the whole town.
Heavy, sturdy, without a scratch!
Delivered on your doorstep at record pace straight from the foundry!
Our couriers have such strong emotions towards the Anvils, they are physically attracted when pressing [E]!
Weaponized love!

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Catalogue:
Anvil 100 moneys
Anvil delivery 100000000 moneys (but very fast)
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What are you waiting for!
Get you Anvil Express's Anvil now!

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Genres: platformer

Comments15

Yizao
Yizao1 May 2023, 10:45
nice work, but my view will stuck when mouse hit the edge of screen for some reason.
DDesignDude
DDesignDude3 May 2023, 01:23
The concept is very funny and clever! I can only imagine how much back pain I would be in if I had to deliver anvils in real life haha.
Igor Minenko
Igor Minenko4 May 2023, 10:24
nice game, but it would be a little better if we could turn down the volume in the game
LDJam user 235146
LDJam user 235146author4 May 2023, 10:45
@igor-minenko Thanks! I was really time constrained, i ended up working 23 hours. The settings, main menu, ambient occlusion, powerup ui and a bit of physics stabilization were cut :(
LDJam user 278146
LDJam user 2781464 May 2023, 13:40
I really struggled with this one, the physics seemed really glitchy and my character's run speed would either be really slow or crazy fast. I like the concept of throwing the anvil around as something you can use to dash to.
LDJam user 235146
LDJam user 235146author5 May 2023, 16:02
@chybby The web version is a bit slow and some physics are not tied to timestep (my bad). The run speed is halved if you have the anvil and there is a powerup that makes you go faster if you get it by delivering an anvil in one of the three objectives.
Likirus12 May 2023, 08:13
I like the concept (if I understood it correctly) of using the anvil as a stepping stone to reach the platforms and then pulling it back up. However, the physics were quite glitchy and it was very difficult to control the character. Also, jumping while running gave me almost infinite speed.
Zyrus
Zyrus13 May 2023, 09:00
The base concept of the game would work well in platformer games! :)
Quoc
Quoc13 May 2023, 09:11
Nice game idea, but it the movements were kinda hard and not smooth. Still enjoyed it:)
Richard Baltrusch
Richard Baltrusch18 May 2023, 22:17
As is, the game was quite hard to play, with performance problems leading to stuttery audio/graphics (also holding the anvil makes it jitter).

I played for a bit before I realised the help bug would only go away if I press H :)

The anvil attraction is an interesting mechanic. I dropped off the platforms with my first jump and tried to get back up by throwing the anvil up, then pulling myself with E, sadly I didn't manage to pull it off all game (except once on a small ramp). This mechanic has potential though and could be built around.
Gardenovena19 May 2023, 18:37
In the arms...of...an anvil...

...It seems that the anvil can clip into certain walls, and trying to "attract" to it launches you. Curious!

In all seriousness, I agree with other commenters, this is a clever concept—a very clever concept, actually, and I hope you continue to hammer out (pun intended) some of the issues. For me, I experienced many of the physics bugs mentioned by others, it was difficult to get anywhere. Very impressive what you managed to do in 23 hours, I would love to see it polished!
crazyrems
crazyrems19 May 2023, 20:08
It’s like a reverse God of War game!

The concept was really neat :ok_hand:, it’s just sad it wasn’t a bit more polished.

The physics are very wonky, sometimes it worked pretty well and others it fell flat. Until I realized I can walk backward to get more distance while I throw the anvil and have more sling. Also you can leave the anvil at a corner on top of a building and sling yourself from the ground into space.

Well done!
Sodoj19 May 2023, 20:29
I found movement to be very smooth, I liked that you included bunny hopping! The music is also pretty good! The biggest irk that I have with this game is that the camera locks when cursor reaches the side of my screen, that was very annoying to deal with. Otherwise, good work, this is a decent little game!

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