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Viking Runner by Frump

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made by Frump for LD30 (JAM)
Unfinished. Some missing assets and bugs but quite playable.

Collect Yggdrasil coins to travel between the worlds of Norse mythology. Or simply die.

Everything in the game is 100% mythologically, historically and factually accurate.

Running into walls will instantly knock you to a lower world. Vikings like sharks can not stop moving forward and can't reverse. Also no one likes to stub their toe, not even Vikings.

Controls:
Jump - Z/W/up
Attack - X/Z/right

Personal High Score:
89676
1849m
Web (HTML5) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2184332/viking%20runner%20html5/index.html
Windows (.exe) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2184332/Viking%20Runner.exe
Twitter https://twitter.com/frump3d
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=35460

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.05 494
Fun(Jam) 3.05 372
Graphics(Jam) 3.51 333
Humor(Jam) 2.67 277
Innovation(Jam) 2.38 667
Mood(Jam) 2.82 531
Theme(Jam) 3.14 399

Feedback

gnx
26. Aug 2014 · 04:15 UTC
I like the visual theme. Also adding the melee attack provides some variety to gameplay. Hit detection seems a bit off, sometimes I wasn't sure why I died.
se1by
26. Aug 2014 · 04:49 UTC
Nice game, but seems a bit too fast at the beginning.
Maybe start with less speed and increase it?
LTyrosine
26. Aug 2014 · 04:54 UTC
Nice graphics! Proper theme usage. Maybe too fast on start.
aneeslol
26. Aug 2014 · 05:02 UTC
Neat idea using the worlds as sort of a lives mechanic, and it was pretty fun once I got the hang of it.
AortaStudios
26. Aug 2014 · 05:03 UTC
Game looks fantastic but I seem to hit a lot of walls, not sure if I'm just really bad or if you could maybe make gravity a bit heavier.
kirbytails7
26. Aug 2014 · 05:06 UTC
Nice and fun. Asgard is very pretty.
AdventureIslands
26. Aug 2014 · 09:05 UTC
Too bad it's not finished, it's looking quite nice and I like the idea of swapping between the 3 worlds based on how well you play.
Ramori
26. Aug 2014 · 17:58 UTC
Good idea, graphics are really nice (Asgard looks great). Collision detection seems a bit off, but you can't polish everything in such a short time. Good work!
sanojian
26. Aug 2014 · 19:44 UTC
Nice viking sprite. Its a little bit unforgiving on the jumping. If you press just before you land it wont jump. Fun game!
BadgerPriest
26. Aug 2014 · 20:59 UTC
I have no idea what exactly what going on but I loved every minute of it.
capsizedmoose
26. Aug 2014 · 23:19 UTC
nice little runner :)
okeedokeben
27. Aug 2014 · 01:29 UTC
Loved the world switching mechanic - very cool. My best was 44766, 923m. Great job!
barryrowe
27. Aug 2014 · 01:55 UTC
I like this. I think it starts lagging a bit after a while in the browser, but the game is fun and the mechanics are good!
zatyka
27. Aug 2014 · 02:19 UTC
Making the enemies go flying was quite satisfying. Graphics looked good. Pretty tight jumping controls. It's a shame that it wasn't more complete.
grifdail
27. Aug 2014 · 10:36 UTC
The jump really annoy me: Especialy the fact that you can't really control it and that, most of the time, you dont have enough room to jump right after landing.
kidanger
27. Aug 2014 · 15:36 UTC
Waw, cool game! Well done
TeamQuadratic
27. Aug 2014 · 19:20 UTC
Interesting idea for an endless runner! Good job!
mrexcessive
29. Aug 2014 · 09:46 UTC
Hi there. Nice look, shame no sound. Found the early part too harsh, probably better to be generous on landing detection for platform incompetents like me! Good job!
sandbaydev
31. Aug 2014 · 14:20 UTC
Cool to see another viking game entry. Nice mechanics, and twist on runner/jumper games. I thought the jumping could be improved somehow: it felt that I had no enough control over things. Not sure if double-jumping could have helped?

I liked this one a lot. Good job.

If I click ESC I go to Asgård? :D
badlydrawnrod
06. Sep 2014 · 20:23 UTC
I like the look and feel of the graphics and the game itself was pretty fun. It just needs a bit more balance and polish, but it certainly had a large element of "one more go." Good effort.
ChuiGum
08. Sep 2014 · 02:39 UTC
Love the graphics, nice fun little game. Good job!