One Card Hero by dylanwolf

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made by dylanwolf for LD28 (COMPO)
Collect the coins! Avoid the enemies! Score the points!

Power-up your robotic avatar by playing cards--but you can only hold one card at a time (that is, "you only get one").

INSTRUCTIONS:
- Click DISCARD to discard and draw a new card.
- Click your CARD to activate the power (powers last 2 seconds)

CARD TYPES:
- Coins x 2: coins are worth double points
- Speed x 2: your avatar moves twice as fast
- 1/2 Penalty: the penalty for enemies is halved
- Invincible: your avatar is unaffected by enemies.
- Alternate Path: while active, your avatar will take the alternate (blue) path wherever possible

Created using Unity 4, 2D Toolkit, and Thinkscroller.

Other tools used: GIMP (graphics), Audacity (recording & editing)

Ratings

Coolness 40% 1283
Overall 3.13 399
Audio 3.13 196
Fun 2.73 591
Graphics 3.50 229
Humor 2.32 454
Innovation 3.14 335
Mood 2.85 438
Theme 2.86 498

Feedback

GaTechGrad
16. Dec 2013 · 03:57 UTC
Nice visuals and music. I like the card mechanic for controlling the character.
insane66
16. Dec 2013 · 04:08 UTC
Awesome graphic style. Simple game play, could easily be a mobile game.
vinull
16. Dec 2013 · 05:01 UTC
Good use of the theme, the graphics are great as well. A bit dense to grasp the concept at first, but otherwise great.
feizenbara
16. Dec 2013 · 09:06 UTC
I wish there were different levels and more balance in the cards (the one to skip ennemies feels strong!), but it's fun.
recursor
17. Dec 2013 · 15:04 UTC
Hey this is a pretty fun game. I played it far more than I intended to. You've got a good art style and an interesting take on the theme. Add some more elements to this thing and you could have a nice mobile game! Multi-player would be cool.
background_nose
20. Dec 2013 · 00:34 UTC
Nice innovative take on the theme. The mechanic didn't do it for me, but the audio was lovely.
Alex Rose
20. Dec 2013 · 01:10 UTC
Got 7400 after a few tries! Is that good?
🎤 dylanwolf
20. Dec 2013 · 01:21 UTC
I think so. The highest I've managed is a bit under 11000. Really, the level is very biased towards picking alternate paths.
Joao Kucera
20. Dec 2013 · 02:20 UTC
Nice game. Congrats!
TBSHRichard
20. Dec 2013 · 03:18 UTC
I think this is a great game. It is simple yet I wanted to play a couple times more than originally anticipated. I don't really like random gameplay elements, so it would have been nice to have a more reliable way of getting the right card you wanted at the right time.

The graphics and audio were very well made. I enjoyed them and your art style is interesting.

I think that if more time were spent on the gameplay, this would have been a perfect game, great job! Keep up the fantastic work and have a fun time doing it!
Ekilibr
20. Dec 2013 · 12:31 UTC
Nice graphics :) Well played !
JaJ
06. Jan 2014 · 22:22 UTC
Lovely, smart way of using the "only one" theme without making the gameplay too limited.