Legendary Legionnaire Winter Massacre by banana4life

made by banana4life for LD31 (JAM)

Hey guys,

We are a german team consisting of 4 members. We came up with our crazy game "Legendary Legionnaire Winter Massacre".

You play a LEGIONNAIRE. The ALIENS destroy the SNOWMAN you just built and you want to massacre all of them. To do so you can use your trusty crossbow, sword and a special, secret, MAGIC spell. But pay attention. The aliens have LASER-weapons and some of them ride UNICORNS, their domestic mounts. Stop reading the description and start playing the game. :)

Keyboard controls:

W,A,S,D -> WALK
mouse -> LOOK
mouse left -> CROSSBOW ATTACK
mouse right -> SWORD ATTACK
mouse middle / space -> MAGIC!!!
shift -> RUN
ESC -> EXIT
R -> RESTART

Xbox 360 Controller:

left stick -> WALK
right stick -> LOOK
LB -> CROSSBOW ATTACK
RB -> SWORD ATTACK
R3 -> MAGIC!!!
L3 -> RUN
back -> EXIT
start -> RESTART

Art:
- Jonas
Music:
- Katharina
Code:
- Anselm
- Phillip

I (Jonas) made a short playthrough of our game for you to watch:
http://youtu.be/P8tznk-l52E

And if you like the music:
https://soundcloud.com/rahtainka/legendary-legionnaire-winter

Have fun with our entry,
Team Banana4Life

Twitter: @bananafourlife

Edit:
The second submission fixed 2 cosmetic bugs and added SPACE as an alternative key to activate the magic spell for those of you who don't have a mouse middle button.

Website + Downloads	https://github.com/Banana4Life/LegendaryLegionnaireWinterMassacre/releases/latest
YouTube	http://youtu.be/P8tznk-l52E
Music	https://soundcloud.com/rahtainka/legendary-legionnaire-winter
Source	https://github.com/Banana4Life/LegendaryLegionnaireWinterMassacre/tree/submission-2
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=41477

Ratings

Coolness	92%	2
Overall(Jam)	3.60	207

Audio(Jam)	3.52	161
Fun(Jam)	3.77	79
Graphics(Jam)	3.44	421
Humor(Jam)	3.18	230
Innovation(Jam)	2.91	589
Mood(Jam)	3.46	215
Theme(Jam)	3.78	285

Feedback

lcssprogrammingclub

09. Dec 2014 · 22:39 UTC

Really fun game. really intuitive and creative

bobismijnnaam

09. Dec 2014 · 22:40 UTC

Fun game. I couldn't figure out how to trigger the magic attack but it was pretty fun without it :p The art, sound and game felt really coherent which is pretty good

Magicolo

09. Dec 2014 · 22:44 UTC

-Would've been nice to have upgrades on the main character, otherwise you get inevitably overwhelmed by alien riders :(
-Pretty funny storyline :)
-Music and SFX :)
-Was pretty fun but for a short time :|
-No progression in the main character :(

triplefox

09. Dec 2014 · 22:48 UTC

Nice looking and sounding twin-stick shooter. I'm handicapped since I'm playing all these mouse+keyboard games on a touchpad, but I was still able to get a feel for the play since the difficulty curve ramps up smoothly.

Smiley

09. Dec 2014 · 22:49 UTC

LibGDX ftw :)

someone

09. Dec 2014 · 22:54 UTC

Very nice game.
Killing multiple enemies at once is satisfying.
Didn't realise at first there were other attacks. Definitely easier with them.
Irritating bug for me was if I moved the mouse outside the window, it would shoot off to the corner, but then I am using a wacom tablet for a mouse.

monsieurvinou

09. Dec 2014 · 23:04 UTC

Really cool game!
I'm a bit bad at firing with the crossbow, but the fire spell is really satisfying :D
Great job guys!!

michel94

10. Dec 2014 · 02:04 UTC

The game is really funny. Nice gameplay, too

Croze

10. Dec 2014 · 03:09 UTC

couldn't download, link didn't work

🎤 banana4life

10. Dec 2014 · 11:33 UTC

"couldn't download, link didn't work"
Anyone else with this problem?

zompi

10. Dec 2014 · 18:48 UTC

Fun! :D Graphics are nice, music and sounds are well composing to the whole game and that awesome fus-ro-dah feeling, awesome :D

hjfrew

11. Dec 2014 · 03:14 UTC

I'm a roman historian and I can confirm this is 100% accurate to history.

Asaratha

11. Dec 2014 · 20:38 UTC

This game is really cool! Nice difficulty curve too.

Biliogadafr

11. Dec 2014 · 21:05 UTC

Nice entry! I like an idea to use melee and ranged weapons together.

joekinley

11. Dec 2014 · 21:40 UTC

Naaaaaaaaaaa dat stupid final alien ship. Gaaaah.
At first I felt smart stalling one left alien and waiting for healing up properly. Also once I got a double charge of that AWESOME SPACEBAR ITEM. Which I only figured out after I died once on Wave 18.

Then I got to Wave 20, and died. Got to wave 20 again, died again. Can't win this game :(

But it is a pretty cool game. I love that splat sound when I hit those aliens. It was so fun, but a little hard. But so fun. Loved it.

Kuality Games

11. Dec 2014 · 21:56 UTC

Legionnaires? Aliens? Snowman? "FUN" would be the right word to describe this game.

harley77

11. Dec 2014 · 22:26 UTC

Fun little hackfest. Awesome job!

skulioskarsson

11. Dec 2014 · 22:54 UTC

This one is quite fun, good job

Justin Mullin

11. Dec 2014 · 23:50 UTC

I had a good time with this one! It gets hard quickly. The balance between melee and ranged is great, with both equally useful in different situations. The nuke effect looks pretty spiffy!

loopinlouie

11. Dec 2014 · 23:58 UTC

Fun game! I like that you can melee attack and shoot multiple guys in a row with the arrows, and that the arrows fire a bit slow. These things mix up the gameplay. Art and music is also great and go well with the game. I can definitely see adding more enemy types and weapon types, but given the time limit there is already a lot of game here.

nassi

12. Dec 2014 · 17:43 UTC

Tried twice, but couldn't get that sweet sweet revenge. Atleast I'll be together with my snowman in heaven or whatever that place is where snowmen and legionnaires go.

A simple idea but pretty well polished. Good job!

KudukuForgiveUs

12. Dec 2014 · 23:18 UTC

Arrows sticking into walls and camera shaking were nice effects. Combat had good feedback. Crossbow and sword are smart combination of distinct weapons.

Game could have used a pause button (especially for a reviewer tabbing out to take notes!). Stats don't shake with HUD during camera shake. Enemies could have used a simple intro animation so they don't simply fade in. In my play-through I never got to use magic.

ThunderAwesome

12. Dec 2014 · 23:19 UTC

Difficulty scaled quite well. I cheated and hid close to a wall waiting for my victims to walk around and get whacked by my melee, haha. But overall it looked great and felt great. I'm not used to twin stick shooters, but it felt pretty smooth even a I was getting used to the controls.

🎤 banana4life

12. Dec 2014 · 23:58 UTC

Wow! Thank all of you guys for the amazing feedback. Special thank to KudukuForgiveUS for his detailed review. :) But there actually is an animation when the aliens "beam" in. (It is too distinct) The pause button is on our list for next time.

sorlok

13. Dec 2014 · 01:42 UTC

Really fun, really well made. I loved the spell animation in particular! Very challenging too. Great job!

redoxkun

13. Dec 2014 · 12:22 UTC

Quite fun game, well done!

Cliff Lee(CL)

15. Dec 2014 · 07:47 UTC

Pretty simple but complete game!
Good job!

kerstinblabla

15. Dec 2014 · 13:39 UTC

I love this game