Amy and the Magic Hammer by duck

made by duck for LD32 (JAM)

My first Ludum Dare game! Short and simple, but... done, at least!

Running into enemies hurts them and you, shrinking you. If you shrink too small, you die. Hit yourself with the hammer to power up - but don't hit the enemies, or it will power them up. New enemies keep spawning unless you clear all existing enemies from the screen. Then you win.

It's an executable .jar, should run on Windows/Linux/Mac I'm assuming!

Programming: Java + LibGDX
Music: Bosca Ceoil (but done before the jam started)
Audio: Bfxr
Graphics: Photoshop CS2

Enjoy!

Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/vkejrqwsf3x04w2/AmyHammer.jar?dl=0
OS/X	https://www.dropbox.com/s/vkejrqwsf3x04w2/AmyHammer.jar?dl=0
Linux	https://www.dropbox.com/s/vkejrqwsf3x04w2/AmyHammer.jar?dl=0
Source	https://github.com/duckgames/Hammer
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=51830

Ratings

Coolness	45%	1497
Overall(Jam)	3.08	632

Fun(Jam)	2.58	836
Graphics(Jam)	2.96	667
Humor(Jam)	2.87	511
Innovation(Jam)	3.00	573
Mood(Jam)	2.87	661
Theme(Jam)	3.17	648

Feedback

DeadFragment

21. Apr 2015 · 14:47 UTC

Interesting use of the theme. It was quite hard though, it seemed to just get to a point where they were spawning faster than I can hit myself with the hammer to kill them.

-Hando

nassi

21. Apr 2015 · 15:02 UTC

Indeed quite simple, but congratulations on your first LD entry nonetheless.

Restarted the game a few times by closing it before I realized you could restart with control :P. At first I just stood in a corner whacking myself in the head with the hammer, but then I realized I had to act quickly or the enemies would soon take over.

Red_Fan games

21. Apr 2015 · 21:50 UTC

A fellow JAVA programmer :)

🎤 duck

21. Apr 2015 · 22:18 UTC

Thanks for the comments! It is a bit hard, as nassi says the key is to be quick - if you kill as many of the initial enemies as possible before getting overwhelmed, you should be able to keep them under control. I thought about adding difficulty settings but ran out of time in the end :)

Red_Fan: yep, I'm trying to pass off my horrible mess of source code as 'programming' ;)

deadbodyoutline

04. May 2015 · 03:27 UTC

haha, crazy game :p damn, I let Amy die a lot. Need to hit her head more and more. Oh, and it worked without problems on Linux ;)

🎤 duck

08. May 2015 · 21:16 UTC

Ahh poor Amy, always dying :( Good to know it worked on Linux, thanks for letting me know!

MegaBrutal

10. May 2015 · 21:11 UTC

I really liked the pixel art and the overall retro style! :) And actually, it's kind of a hard game.
Thanks for being cross-platform! (Linux user here.)

wcwedin

11. May 2015 · 12:00 UTC

You really do have to get ahead early! My first go I got overwhelmed and ended up facing the wall and pummeling myself as the monsters ran into my back, which it turns out is not an effective strategy. Anyway, congrats on your first LD!

Backlund

11. May 2015 · 21:42 UTC

Good game