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Very Unconventional Knight by Doubstract

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made by Doubstract for LD32 (COMPO)
Friendly tip: try to use R key as often as possible to make it more fun :)
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Very unconventional name of the game, isn't it?

You are knight, fighting against kingdom enemies - dark knights. Your main power is to reset objects positions to theirs original positions, do that with R key.

Additionally, you can place flags and travel to them almost instantly through anything (place flag with F key and travel to the flag with Q key).

To fight dark knights you have to shoot them, place bomb nearby or just hit them hard with some object.

Good luck in defending the kingdom!

Instructions:
Arrows or WASD to move/jump.
Right mouse button - change your allies movement direction.
Left mouse button - shoot.
Q - travel to your flag.
F - place flag.
R - reset objects position.
G - place bomb.
Web http://veryunconventionalknight.16mb.com/
Windows https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Gj5q9GkSogMFdDM2E0WG8wems/view?usp=sharing
OS/X https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Gj5q9GkSogTklLM3RkM1ZEVEE/view?usp=sharing
Linux https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Gj5q9GkSogSnI2b2xwb3JmWUU/view?usp=sharing
Source https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Gj5q9GkSogM3pTX2FBWjJqdGs/view?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=29853

Ratings

Coolness 44% 1566
Overall 3.21 512
Audio 3.25 242
Fun 3.36 305
Graphics 3.75 186
Humor 2.67 575
Innovation 2.93 661
Mood 3.00 484
Theme 2.79 914

Feedback

TheBigShot
20. Apr 2015 路 05:18 UTC
Great Game :)
Malsanity
20. Apr 2015 路 09:49 UTC
Good game, but stalemate situations are easy to encounter: http://prntscr.com/6vz5u5
馃帳 Doubstract
20. Apr 2015 路 12:10 UTC
@Malsanity, that's true, but player can fix it easily with R key. Of course player should play the game instead of fixing it, but hey, it's Ludum Dare (you get to see everything in here) :)
Hyoga-3D
21. Apr 2015 路 03:19 UTC
Good visuals and gameplay, also thanks for realising in a lot of platforms.
Fitscat
21. Apr 2015 路 13:09 UTC
Cute wee game, was a bit hard to get around initially. I blew myself up and just kept falling then teleporting back to the flag and falling again because the ground was gone :p Fun though, well done!
The4thCircle
21. Apr 2015 路 13:12 UTC
It's okay but a bit samey as you progress. Would have been nice to see more emphasis on using the scenery to kill enemies, though I crushed a few under blocks I was disappointed to not get an angry birds moment when I toppled the tower.
B1ackDragon2k
22. Apr 2015 路 07:41 UTC
Hi, I鈥檝e just played through your latest entry, Very Unconventional Knight, and I love it. I鈥檝e been considering doing a LD for a while, but I鈥檓 not secure enough with a language yet. I鈥檝e learnt GameMaker: Studio, and used Eclipse when coding in the past, put I didn鈥檛 like those for a project that you have so little time to use.

Right now I鈥檓 using/learning Unity 5, and I wanted to know if I could use your LD32, VUK, and extend it into a complete game. I love the concept and mechanics of the game and I would like to be able to make this into a full complete game, obviously giving alot of credit to you.

Please let me know what you think to this.
Thanks.
Leandrus
23. Apr 2015 路 14:16 UTC
Good game. love the art, hate the floor surface because i get stuck a lot jejeje :D
Thanks for sharing.
Psyho
24. Apr 2015 路 15:21 UTC
Nice concept, good music and very nice graphics.

Unfortunately, the mechanics are very clunky. The jumping & walking feels really awkward and lacks any dynamic. Shooting is essentially just constant spamming. And restoring objects positions feels like a player that fixes the game instead of the game developer. Also, I'm not sure what's the purpose of allies.
th4t
24. Apr 2015 路 15:31 UTC
Nice little platformer.
I love the graphics and music and of course the physics :)
I found myself just shooting the enemies most of the time since it was easier than to use the terrain. Would have loved to see this concept taken further. Also the button mapping was a little awkward but alright after a little getting used to.
All in all great game which could need some more work in focusing on it's strong and unique parts
reheated
24. Apr 2015 路 15:31 UTC
This is a brilliant gameplay idea and incredibly well presented too! I wish it was longer!
strong99
24. Apr 2015 路 15:33 UTC
Funny game to play, I like the graphics!
eskivor
28. Apr 2015 路 18:54 UTC
Not bad.
Krunoslav
04. May 2015 路 22:09 UTC
Nice art and creative game. Maybe the difficult level is weird, sometimes too easy or too hard.
Funny to play