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Molten Progeny by tcarter

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made by tcarter for LD28 (JAM)
You are a Phoenix. Protect your egg from the hungry Nashers.

Use WASD to move.
Left click and hold to shoot.
Press E to activate fire rage. Swoop into enemies while raging to damage them, or into your egg to heal it.
Press R to restart.

This game was made in 3 days for the Ludum Dare 28 Game Jam.

Like what you see?
Programming and Design by Ted Carter (http://www.stencyl.com/users/index/22818)
Graphics were created by Leif Holt (https://www.facebook.com/leif.holt.3)

Like what you hear?
Sound Effects were created by Michael Jones (http://mikejonesaudio.com/)
Soundtrack created by Andrew Dent (https://soundcloud.com/dent-head)
Windows http://www.stencyl.com/game/play/23173
Web http://www.stencyl.com/game/play/23173
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=31008

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1083
Overall(Jam) 3.27 183
Audio(Jam) 3.40 109
Fun(Jam) 3.00 216
Graphics(Jam) 4.13 78
Humor(Jam) 2.22 303
Innovation(Jam) 2.79 285
Mood(Jam) 3.03 214
Theme(Jam) 2.93 217

Feedback

ZXeno
17. Dec 2013 · 03:40 UTC
Really had a lot of fun with this! Solid gameplay, excellent music and visuals.
JohnnySix
17. Dec 2013 · 22:29 UTC
Very cool! This needs more plays. Solid stuff, really like the character animations and the effects. Some effects like exploding flames that stick to walls etc, as power ups would be cool. :)
Bloated Hippo
18. Dec 2013 · 01:34 UTC
This is amazing.
WiseGAMER
18. Dec 2013 · 01:38 UTC
Nice game but needed better level design.
Todd Luke
18. Dec 2013 · 01:38 UTC
0198 beat THAT

super good art. is there some kind of conclusion, or is it endless?
Lyje
18. Dec 2013 · 01:40 UTC
Graphics were slick, but gameplay felt a bit stilted and unpolished. Not sure what it had to do with the theme?
Lolshouse Dev Team
18. Dec 2013 · 01:40 UTC
I can't find many flaws with this game. It is well paced and it sounds and looks beautiful. You've done an amazing job.
ocathalain
18. Dec 2013 · 01:41 UTC
Really loved this! Solid game, great idea, and really polished considering the time it was made in.
_zulli
18. Dec 2013 · 01:41 UTC
Cool gameplay! Really good graphics and it gets really hard with time! Great job!! :)

If you have time, please rate my game! I would really appreciate it! :)
Switchbreak
18. Dec 2013 · 01:44 UTC
Nice, I got 179 points in it. It seemed too easy to start off, but ramped up fairly quickly. It could use some more options on the defense side to add strategic depth to it, maybe some pickups to collect from the enemies. The ending seemed very sad, I don't know if there is any way to actually save your egg or if it always ends with a sad phoenix.
rukbotto
18. Dec 2013 · 01:47 UTC
I enjoyed it a lot! I liked too much the audio and graphics.
ryangatts
18. Dec 2013 · 03:08 UTC
Fun game! I wish the fire rage ability let me shoot fireballs more often rather than do more damage with individual balls, that would make it much better for handling swarms of little guys that can often be a problem. Also, it's easy to accidentally hit R when you mean to hit E, so maybe next time switch it to something harder to hit like Enter. Critiques aside, I love the art, it's really impressively cohesive!
AHerdOfCats
18. Dec 2013 · 03:17 UTC
Amazing spritework, really love the colors you guys used!
🎤 tcarter
18. Dec 2013 · 03:28 UTC
Thanks for the insightful comment, ryangatts! Remember that if you're raging you can take out the little guys just by flying into them. It's a good idea to move back and forth around your egg while shooting if you're raging so you can deal damage from fireballs and contact.
blasmena
18. Dec 2013 · 15:00 UTC
I love the art. I had fun, monsters jump kinda funny though.
bsowers
22. Dec 2013 · 05:01 UTC
Loved the pixel art and the sounds. Gameplay was pretty fun.
Ted Brown
22. Dec 2013 · 05:39 UTC
Looks great, plays well!
Diptoman
22. Dec 2013 · 07:37 UTC
Cool gfx! Gets hard pretty soon, needed more levels.
Gungnir
22. Dec 2013 · 07:43 UTC
I got the ending. Touching :) Great work all round. Impact FX and a more obvious target graphic for cursor would be nice.
loxo
22. Dec 2013 · 10:42 UTC
Great game! I like the graphics and the audio a lot. But it's a bit hard to control on a notebook without a mouse.
Pomb
22. Dec 2013 · 13:51 UTC
Agree with comments on needing better level design. Also felt that the control wasn't enough to swoop well enough, because it's too snappy.
mcapraro
22. Dec 2013 · 15:59 UTC
really well done, i loved the graphics and the game play made instant sense
pele
22. Dec 2013 · 16:36 UTC
Nice game, I like the graphics and it's fun. A bit difficult to play on my notebook though (lack of mouse), but that's not your fault. :)
I enjoyed this a lot!
hamster_mk_4
22. Dec 2013 · 19:11 UTC
Great art, I wish there were some way to win. Fighting off an endless horde is fun an all, but not when you are a mother protecting her offspring.
lotusgame
22. Dec 2013 · 22:52 UTC
Nice little game well polished :)
Zerkruemler
23. Dec 2013 · 10:21 UTC
Nice graphics and music. It reminds me heavily on the old C=64 game style. Well done!
robhor
24. Dec 2013 · 00:14 UTC
The art and music are fantastic!
Gameplay could be a bit more varied, but overall good game!
BradleySmith
06. Jan 2014 · 17:26 UTC
I love the art style in this.