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DRILL KNIGHT by Cryotube

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made by Cryotube for LD32 (COMPO)
As the Drill Knight, you must punish those who would use their drills for evil! Survive an oncoming swarm of drill skeletons in this physics-based top fighting game. The difficulty ramps up as you grow closer to your goal!

This was my first time doing a Ludum Dare, and the first time developing a game on my own. Hope you enjoy!

Gameplay tips:
-Hit stunned enemies into other enemies to clear multiple at once
-Position yourself between enemies to prevent yourself being knocked out

If you're playing in the embedded webplayer, there is a toggle fullscreen button directly below it.

Note: No html5 version for now, simply because it's way too laggy to enjoy at all

Patched 4/21/15:
-Fixed an issue with AI stunning each other if they spawned too close
-Fixed an issue with AI getting perma-broke if smacked by player on the way down
-Fixed an issue with AI spawning past the 100 mark
Web (Unity Webplayer) http://cryotube.itch.io/drill-knight-unity
Windows https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-PXhStGjfHofk1kYVpKNFc1aU94Z2xUOEE4bUdzUWxZVlpXMkRRcF9wUm5MTXFYTGRNLVk&usp=sharing
OS/X https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-PXhStGjfHofmgyYU9Wb1Q1MXhGaFkwX3c1R25BM0FnVTJZb1NqNGZiMXBPM0hYN2VhT2s&usp=sharing
Linux https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-PXhStGjfHofjhSQ3Z0UnFQLUxMRFNPTlIxWU9IQWVRSExZUXViMVFWUVdhN0xKUXY3azQ&usp=sharing
Source Code https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-PXhStGjfHofm1YaHBqUmxBT2JIN2JoUzRteWlhbkhBTVB0WHdFN2ZxSnhaajAwOWpscTQ&usp=sharing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=50657

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall 3.53 243
Audio 3.19 287
Fun 3.46 242
Graphics 3.89 142
Humor 2.72 543
Innovation 3.56 248
Mood 3.16 362
Theme 3.52 400

Feedback

Matsuki
20. Apr 2015 · 03:40 UTC
It is fun, reminds me of bayblades or whatever that was called. Interesting concept, and I love the art.
jbasinger
20. Apr 2015 · 03:41 UTC
Wow awesome concept. I wish I wasn't terrible at it.
omgnoseat
20. Apr 2015 · 03:41 UTC
Slick graphics and the sfx is spot on :p
handkor
20. Apr 2015 · 03:41 UTC
This is fun. Very good idea and concept.
nurabsal
20. Apr 2015 · 03:42 UTC
art is great. needs to be less ricochet =O
Cherrymochi
20. Apr 2015 · 03:42 UTC
Great art and mood.
Neonlare
20. Apr 2015 · 03:42 UTC
Music drove me CRAZY. The midi instrumentation is kind of wild, erratic and just not composed well, which is a shame, because the art style, presentation and general simple to pick up but fun to do gameplay was really sweet. Definitely enjoyed my time on it, the art is really something else, good stuff all around~
shyupuff
20. Apr 2015 · 03:45 UTC
I love this! Awesome graphics, music, animations. A very original idea and I feel like I could play this for hours (:
ehtd
20. Apr 2015 · 04:08 UTC
Fun idea, nice graphics and music
bnhw
20. Apr 2015 · 04:41 UTC
I really like the art style, but the controls felt really unresponsive and I found it hard to reliably land on an enemy.
Valon
20. Apr 2015 · 05:23 UTC
Awesome!
retrophantom
20. Apr 2015 · 10:21 UTC
let it rip!
syawqy
20. Apr 2015 · 10:49 UTC
this is great
I really like it
DragonXVI
20. Apr 2015 · 10:53 UTC
Nifty! Don't see many spinning top type games. Love the visuals too. The physics seem a bit crazy fast when getting launched, found it difficult to recover if I made a mistake :p
Figglewatts
20. Apr 2015 · 11:48 UTC
This was pretty fun. Difficult too, but that's not a bad thing.
fullmontis
20. Apr 2015 · 13:22 UTC
Whoa, that's hard! I can't go past 15 kills before I get swarmed ad die.

Lovely graphics, music and sound effects are a little underwhelming to be honest.

All in all I like it :)
Cherrymochi
20. Apr 2015 · 15:34 UTC
It is very fun! It reminded me of bayblades!!
dalbinblue
20. Apr 2015 · 15:37 UTC
Pretty hard game. My best after a dozen or so plays was 10 enemies defeated. The stun is good but doesn't last long enough if there is more than one enemy on the screen for me to get much further. Despite this I had a really good time playing it. A two player mode would be awesome.
EwChap
20. Apr 2015 · 18:08 UTC
Great entry. I love the control of the player. the bounce is a bit aggressive but once you get the hang of it its not bad.
Hyoga-3D
20. Apr 2015 · 20:45 UTC
haha really nice beyblade style game, but playing in the ludum dare embeded game were difficult, because the window is smaller than the game.
anokta
21. Apr 2015 · 04:23 UTC
wow i think it's the very first time i've seen a game on these guys! awesome idea, well put! :)
nov1kk
21. Apr 2015 · 23:47 UTC
Funny game, i really enjoy playing.
TheMeorch
22. Apr 2015 · 03:35 UTC
I really enjoyed this, even though I'm apparently terrible at it. The art is really nice, and it's satisfying to send enemies flying! Nice work.
Taldius
22. Apr 2015 · 03:37 UTC
This look like a Dark souls mini game, really well made and challenging ! love it !
ruerob
22. Apr 2015 · 09:33 UTC
very nice entry! It reminds me of a game from mario party, but there wasn't the head jump thing in it I think. Thank you for reminding me of these good old memories.
Lynx
23. Apr 2015 · 00:32 UTC
Being huge Beyblade fan as a kid back in the day, I can say your game brought back really great memories! Would be cool to have changing environments and traps and stuff added in the future!
FuzzyWuzzie
23. Apr 2015 · 02:08 UTC
Awesome game!
nassi
23. Apr 2015 · 15:08 UTC
Great idea and execution is spot on too. Different enemy types would've added to the experience, but for a Ludum Dare game this was more than enough.

My best score was 28. Still a long way to go :P.
PaperBlurt
24. Apr 2015 · 09:13 UTC
This is like one the best games with the best concept this jam.
Very impressive and the detail on the avatars are amazing.
BearishMushroom
25. Apr 2015 · 13:53 UTC
Pretty solid game, getting surrounded and then bouncing about was really fun. The graphics were great, too!
PlasmaErnst
26. Apr 2015 · 23:02 UTC
Fun to play and sweet music. Good job!
MrShoestore
27. Apr 2015 · 01:16 UTC
fun, reminds me a lot of those mario party/fusion frenzy mini games where you have to knock people out. wish the rate the enemies knock you back ramped up as time went on, making the beginning a little easier to get the hang of.
Geckoo1337
27. Apr 2015 · 22:09 UTC
Really interesting concept which seems to me too hard, but I need to increase my skill. There is a good potential for this entry. It's your first entry here? Whoaa! Impressive. Thumbs up ++
zimmy87
28. Apr 2015 · 05:40 UTC
really well done. simple, yet has a nice challenge to it that scales well
UnconventionalFusion
28. Apr 2015 · 12:28 UTC
Hard and fun. Well done!
MasterOfNaN
28. Apr 2015 · 20:55 UTC
I dig (hehe) the overall style and it feels solid. I found it pretty difficult to start with, but I was able to knock enough off over time to feel a bit better about myself :)
randoman
07. May 2015 · 13:55 UTC
It's very fun! Graphics are well done and mechanics are nice. Good entry
FistBumpGames
09. May 2015 · 08:49 UTC
Very nive game! Good Visuals, audio and feel, but the gameplay is very hard, owing to the crazy ricochet.
Almost
09. May 2015 · 22:36 UTC
It's hard to tell how far I will knock somebody or be knocked on collision, as sometimes you don't move at all and other times you are knocked a full screen away..
TeamSpatch
11. May 2015 · 18:45 UTC
Good retro style graphics. Good concept, but the physic sometimes behave strangely, what prevents to play too long, sorry.
Nice first entry indeed, go on : )