Limberjacks by sandbaydev
Online multiplayer limberjack mayhem... pretty much everything done by me.
ASDW to move, SPACE to chop.
--- Made with: ---
* Using Photon PUN by Exit games.
* Unity 2D, no any assets from asset store (besides PUN)
* Pickle Editor for pixel art
* Sounds recorded using Samsung Galaxy S3 / app Smart Voice Recorder (44.1kHz)
* "Wind sound" was made by gently blowing above towards the screen (not to microphone)
* Audacity for cutting audio
--- Update ---
* Fixed a couple of experience killing bugs: certain feature was not synced properly to other clients. After death, the victory/loss screen made your character vanish suddenly.
ASDW to move, SPACE to chop.
--- Made with: ---
* Using Photon PUN by Exit games.
* Unity 2D, no any assets from asset store (besides PUN)
* Pickle Editor for pixel art
* Sounds recorded using Samsung Galaxy S3 / app Smart Voice Recorder (44.1kHz)
* "Wind sound" was made by gently blowing above towards the screen (not to microphone)
* Audacity for cutting audio
--- Update ---
* Fixed a couple of experience killing bugs: certain feature was not synced properly to other clients. After death, the victory/loss screen made your character vanish suddenly.
Ratings
| Coolness | 56% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.38 | 347 |
| Audio(Jam) | 2.93 | 419 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.24 | 363 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.20 | 104 |
| Humor(Jam) | 3.23 | 206 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.87 | 611 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.52 | 184 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.73 | 324 |
Damn trees!
Good work overall.
+good Multiplayer aspect
+funny sounds
-no health bar
-no variety
Still is a pretty good game.
I then tried leading the tree over the fire but nothing happened...
The combat requires too much kiting. I wish the axe could hit multiple snowmen. At one point all of the snowmen in the stage had clumped up around the treeman to form a meatshield. Snowmeatshield.
Nice work on the multiplayer aspect though. The art is also cohesive.
Or a snowman. And I might to have to buy myself an axe.
good job ,) Really liked the mood, art and the insanity.
@rnlf & others who want health indicator: whose health indicator you mean? snowmen? yours?
@pixelpig: yeh, the hit indicator is not good. It's not giving goodback about the distance/direction you must be at... and since the AI tries to align itself with same "y", it kind of makes things worse.
@indie4fun: thx for the comments! There are only two type of enemies. :)
@yongcamy: glad that you like it! I think chat should go on and off by pressing ENTER.
@mike :D
@Night: melting was just the kind of thing that helps build some strategy... even for such a simple game as it is now.
@Mase: yes, you can win :) Kiting... yes, that is very true :) Good ideas about multi-hit and clumbing. Snowmen ain't so smart.
@lukepilgrim: \o/
@belowzerogames: thanks Andy!
@mathmadlen: Thanks for such a vivid description of your experience & results of playing the game.
@cabezotta: thanks!
Making all the sounds with your mouth is pretty hardcore, I really noticed though. It did sort of work against the creepy mood...
Thanks for all the ideas (scoring, progression, music variation): I totally agree on all of those.
@Saf: very good observation. It was my idea to make it so that you could chop of wood & make the fire bigger but that feature had to be cut off due time limits. I'll see if that will be in post-combo. It would add additional strategic element in the survival.
@lemmily: thanks for playing & good points. Yes, the direction of hits (and getting hit) should be more obvious. The player actually has just one hitpoint.
@wilbefast: I'm especially proud about that background wind... mobile phone and gently blowing towards the screen (not the mic) works nicely :D
@RHYnumebrs: loss/victory screen didn't trigger: that's a bug! I'll fix that for post-combo version. I think :)
Thanks for the playing & comments everybody.
Fun 5/5: Funny, and I haven't played the online mode... it could be awesome!!
Theme 4/5: Run on a single screen and a joke about it.
Graphics 5/5: Great pixel art!!!
Audio 5/5: It creates a great atmosphere!!
Humor 5/5: Hilarious theme pun.
Mood 5/5: Great atmosphere, man!!!
Overall 5/5: Great game, too difficult maybe.
Thanks for the game !
@Jupiter_Hadley: Thanks. I noticed! You should try use fire to melt snowmen.
@Hendri: agreed.
@robber: yes.
@brainstorm: thanks for the detailed feedback. I had plans to make it easier (hit multiple snowmen, easier feedback on when hits land successfully, and so that you could also gather more firewood and so on... but I run out of time. Maybe post-compo version then ;))
Thanks everybody for playing & your feedback.
There is a lot you can polish on this game.