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CROSSBORE by somepx

made by somepx for LD28 (COMPO)

CROSSBORE - action game for Ludum Dare 28
Help Paige fight the Pupling, defeat the evil Queenpup!

ARROWS: Move
Space : Shoot (charge) / Kick
You Only Get One Arrow!

Engine: Construct2
Editor: GIMP, Pickle
SFX : Bfxr
Music : Bosca Ceoil

by @i_palmentieri

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Game is insanely hard: if you find it frustrating, please enjoy this OFF-COMPO version -> www.palmentieri.it/somepx/crosseasy/

It's a special, bugfixed, easier release. Remember, this is totally apart from compo version - please refer to the original version for votes! ;)

I included the second source for educational purposes: see what/how it's changed! XBOX Pad support added.

Let's Play video by @OfficialSW380 [follow him!]

Web	http://www.palmentieri.it/somepx/crossbore/
Source	http://www.palmentieri.it/somepx/crossbore/source/crossbore.capx
CROSSEASY (OFF-COMPO!)	http://www.palmentieri.it/somepx/crosseasy/
Source (CROSSEASY)	http://www.palmentieri.it/somepx/crossbore/source/crosseasy.capx
Let's Play!	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ-ol-4EXtE
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=29702

Ratings

Coolness	100%	1
Overall	3.38	212

Audio	2.95	271
Fun	3.49	127
Graphics	3.49	235
Humor	2.98	232
Innovation	2.71	632
Mood	2.98	347
Theme	3.41	215

Feedback

15. Dec 2013 · 20:16 UTC

Best I've played yet :D Tis a shame you can't shoot up and down though.

Managed to get to the boss before being taken out really quickly, will be giving it a few more goes that's fore sure!

16. Dec 2013 · 08:32 UTC

Thanks! Be careful, Queenpup can be very mean! ;)

16. Dec 2013 · 09:48 UTC

Oh God, I love everything about this game. It just needs more random special attacks. Quality work, sir!

16. Dec 2013 · 09:51 UTC

Excellent, fluid gameplay. Difficulty ramps up quickly, though.

16. Dec 2013 · 10:03 UTC

Really nicely made. Smooth and fun mechanics. One thing i'd say is that the enemies can be a little hard. Other than that, nice work.

16. Dec 2013 · 10:13 UTC

Thanks! It's quite hard, that's for sure. You should try some weird techniques (only kicks, pushes...). Try to get to the queen: there's a nice surprise waitin' for ya! ;)

16. Dec 2013 · 10:20 UTC

Going through the games one by one yours is the best so far overall!

Pretty challenging though.

16. Dec 2013 · 10:21 UTC

Pretty good! Hard telling when you are getting damage, though? Is that just me?

16. Dec 2013 · 10:22 UTC

nice work - well done on cross-platform support. i really liked that the audio and music was all there. this game kicked my butt - i couldn't get to the boss, and i really wanted to, and i tried about 10 times before work haha! had to make myself stop...for now.

16. Dec 2013 · 10:27 UTC

Really nice, maybe the well rounded entry I4ve played so far.

16. Dec 2013 · 10:36 UTC

Thanks capnramses, don't get yourself fired tho! ;)
Try to get to the boss, push and kick those tiny puplings - you have to kill 100 of 'em!

16. Dec 2013 · 10:36 UTC

@supremefist - that's no 'damage': one blow and you're dead! Quite hard. I know D:

16. Dec 2013 · 12:42 UTC

It's a lot of fun! Sometimes I have a two or more arrows)

16. Dec 2013 · 13:52 UTC

Yeah, that's a bug indeed ;) I'll fix it post-compo

16. Dec 2013 · 14:13 UTC

Really cool!! Sadly though I suck at it :D Loved the art and music/sound. Oddly enough, I had 2 arrows for some reason xD

16. Dec 2013 · 14:46 UTC

A kill counter would be a plus.

Beside that, it is a very fun game ! A bit hard but the whole idea and realization is perfect ! Very very strong entry !

16. Dec 2013 · 14:51 UTC

I think I may have had more problems with the game than others, going by the comments, It looked a little blurry, which may be due to the web version, and the sound was deafening when I fired the crossbow.
It looks like a neat little game though with consistent design and thematic gameplay.

16. Dec 2013 · 15:00 UTC

Good game! Controls could benefit from having WASD as well but otherwise great!

16. Dec 2013 · 15:10 UTC

Thanks @Coblynau - I planned to support Xbox pad 4 Win but (you get it) no time to do it...

16. Dec 2013 · 15:10 UTC

Very good controls and gameplay. Only problem is that the instruction text being white was hard to read on my monitor.

16. Dec 2013 · 15:11 UTC

@Tsumei - sorry for tech problems: are you using Chrome/Firefox? Thanks everybody for your kind words!

16. Dec 2013 · 15:11 UTC

@gingerBill thanks for the tip: I'll go for a sprite font next time!

16. Dec 2013 · 15:36 UTC

Pretty hard, but not hard enough to make me give up. Had fun!

16. Dec 2013 · 15:47 UTC

Thanks Edd :D
Did you slain the Queenpup?

16. Dec 2013 · 15:50 UTC

Yo man, what is wrong with you? Those enemies were both CUTE AND CREEPY. It's nice to see that good games like this one can be made in Construct 2!

16. Dec 2013 · 16:16 UTC

Thanks @alvarop, I guess! :D
Yeah, C2 is a great engine - really improved in latest releases!

16. Dec 2013 · 17:03 UTC

Fun! Although I pretty much suck. Loving the art style.

16. Dec 2013 · 17:10 UTC

I applied my standard MMORPG strategy until Queenpup came up behind me while I was picking up the arrow :/

The only flaw for this game is the control. It's certainly playable, but I don't think you have 100% fluid control that just feels right. Other than that it's strong entry!

16. Dec 2013 · 18:58 UTC

Great work! Smooth and exciting!

16. Dec 2013 · 19:54 UTC

Thank you for your comments: I'll release a post-compo version with fixes and gameplay tweaks! A special 'Grazie' to @McFunkypants almighty! ;)

16. Dec 2013 · 21:36 UTC

I really like the mechanics and the pixel art, i played it for 30 min straight but sometimes i die some very frustrating deaths.

16. Dec 2013 · 22:49 UTC

I love it, really cool concept tough I've already found about three games with the only one projectile thing tough yours is the best so far. You really got chances to win!

16. Dec 2013 · 23:28 UTC

Really tough, I was always being surrounded by zombies no matter how much I spammed the attack button!

16. Dec 2013 · 23:36 UTC

Game got a lot easier when I figured out you could just walk into the enemies to kill them. I'm not sure what the point of the stomp is, but it messed me up several times. Pretty fun and addicting game though. Good job!

Christopher Schulte

16. Dec 2013 · 23:51 UTC

I appreciate that you can only shoot left and right, that combined with the constant chasing by enemies makes it impossible to constantly be doing damage (you have to make the dangerous trek across the field every once in a while). Love the enemy art, though the coin noise gets a little obnoxious after awhile. Well done.

Lorenzo Maierú

17. Dec 2013 · 02:32 UTC

This is pretty cool!
wish I had more control over how and when I shoot the arrow, though.

17. Dec 2013 · 04:29 UTC

Nice little game, though a little annoying I couldn't shoot up or down.

17. Dec 2013 · 07:33 UTC

"Game got a lot easier when I figured out you could just walk into the enemies to kill them" - arrow is a lie! :P

17. Dec 2013 · 13:43 UTC

Really cool pixel game! Loved the various attacking animations. :D
The game also matches a lot with the theme- Too hard for me though, even though I abused a glitch by spamming spacebar still took me 20ish tries to hit queen with an arrow but died anyway shortly after.

17. Dec 2013 · 14:12 UTC

@kookoon thank you for playing! Game is a lot easier actually if you drop the arrow & start kicking and pushing puplings! ;)

17. Dec 2013 · 14:48 UTC

Fun! It gets harder after a while. But I think I want to use the kick more than the crossbow. :P

Also, you can shoot two arrows? :O

17. Dec 2013 · 15:13 UTC

@d___adee err... magical arrow? :P

17. Dec 2013 · 20:02 UTC

Awesome! Kinda restricted on shooting directions, but good still. It's really really hard. You should reduce the character hitbox a bit though, sometimes I felt like I could go between two puplings only to die :c

Hope you expand this game post-LD :)

17. Dec 2013 · 20:06 UTC

Oh, and she seems to trip on dead bodies. I don't know if that's on purpose

17. Dec 2013 · 20:12 UTC

HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO OUTRUN THE QUEEN?!

Oh, btw, I found the second arrow as well. The glitch happens when you kill a pupling. Two explosions appeared and then there were two corpses with an arrow each.

17. Dec 2013 · 21:12 UTC

@Jan_Marcano thanks for playing! I'm making a "CROSSBORE II", totally revamped version with two (different chara) players, Xbox pad control and gameplay tweaks - I'll release it post compo. She stomps on dead puplings, she must have some issues! ;)

Ah - as I always say - the arrow is a lie! :D Kill the queen by pushing puplings towards her! Again, thanks for your interest

18. Dec 2013 · 00:31 UTC

I think I'm very bad at this game. D: I managed to get to the boss once by evading and luring the mobs into clumps, but the boss runs faster than I could move so I just died.

A little less mobs would be good, I think. Otherwise the concept of having to use the same arrow over and over is pretty neat, especially with being able to kick to get along while it's gone. Paige seemed to get stuck on corpses a lot. O_o

18. Dec 2013 · 11:13 UTC

@Enichan Yeah. She strange :P

18. Dec 2013 · 16:19 UTC

Thanks everybody for playing: if you find the game hard, please try this special off-compo version http://www.palmentieri.it/somepx/crosseasy/

18. Dec 2013 · 16:51 UTC

Nice gameplay but haaaard.

18. Dec 2013 · 16:54 UTC

@jdpalmer - hard indeed. You could try the easy version! ;)

18. Dec 2013 · 16:55 UTC

Tough but fun game. The hit boxes felt off with some of my many deaths. Nice work!

18. Dec 2013 · 16:56 UTC

Thanks @ThatGuy! :D

windwalkerranger

18. Dec 2013 · 17:09 UTC

Nice gameplay, don't worry about difficulty and the comments about it. The games used to be this hard, maybe even harder in the past. Gameplay is very addictive, I played it for 20 minutes straight. Considering how fast it is, this is really nice. Well done!

18. Dec 2013 · 17:17 UTC

Thanks @windwalkerranger, I'm old-school too, games MUST be hard in my opinion! However, I made an easy version, totally indipendent from the OFFICIAL entry, I repeat.

18. Dec 2013 · 18:27 UTC

Fun to play and the graphics are nice.

18. Dec 2013 · 21:52 UTC

Nice game, I noticed that the "one arrow" concept was quite popular this LD. There is one thing that's bothering me though - I sometimes shoot my arrow and several arrows seem to appear on the ground. When I pick them up, I still can't shoot more than one, so what's up with that?

18. Dec 2013 · 22:00 UTC

@madflame991 - that was a bug, sorry! :)
Should be fixed in CROSSEASY, but don't take that into account for jam purposes!!

18. Dec 2013 · 22:18 UTC

Cool game! :) I think that the kick flicking off the whole screen is good but at least on my pc it was not very smooth.
I've liked the graphics and gameplay! Pretty fluid! Nice job :D

18. Dec 2013 · 23:51 UTC

Thanks @_zulli! Glad you liked it

AnnaGavaldaKedavra

19. Dec 2013 · 00:39 UTC

Fun game nice graphics, quite hard. I like the boss.

19. Dec 2013 · 16:44 UTC

Very fun and dynamic game! I don't think it's too hard also, by the way. It's about the right amount of difficulty for me. Wouldn't call it a casual gameplay though.

I tried easy version... Nah, too easy, I'd even say boring. And I wasn't even using the arrow! Couldn't beat the boss without the arrow though. I'm not sure if it's even possible, is it?

19. Dec 2013 · 19:17 UTC

Great entry, man - really enjoyed it. I like tough games, so I didn't bother with the off-compo version ;) Some of the deaths felt a little cheap (hit box size, maybe) but overall, really excellent!

19. Dec 2013 · 20:14 UTC

One of the best games for ludum dare! Btw there is a bug. If you push space button twice for shooting arrow it will produces two arrows. So you can simply clone the arrows.

19. Dec 2013 · 22:21 UTC

@Sertkaya yes, that bug was squashed in the 'easy' release. But that doesn't count after all

Those 30 Ninjas

19. Dec 2013 · 23:01 UTC

Cute art.

20. Dec 2013 · 06:54 UTC

Really amazing quality in such a short span of time. Great stuff!

20. Dec 2013 · 08:30 UTC

Thanks @Venks! I really enjoyed your entry ;)

20. Dec 2013 · 10:52 UTC

very difficult! I enjoyed this

20. Dec 2013 · 21:49 UTC

Hitting the space key over and over again - fells like Paige Norris :D Great game!

21. Dec 2013 · 08:04 UTC

ahahah Paige Norris - awesome mate! :'D

21. Dec 2013 · 11:40 UTC

Enjoyed this one a lot! It's simple yet really elegant, and I love the retro aesthetic and difficulty.

21. Dec 2013 · 18:00 UTC

Somehow I've got more than one arrow sometimes :-D Still it doesn't helped me a lot.. :-D But cool entry, maybe just the soudns are too noisy and uncomfortably 'attacking'.. at least for my headphones..

21. Dec 2013 · 19:15 UTC

What are those things, lol?

Not the first person I've seen use the one arrow thing, but this is still pretty creative. Feels like an old arcade game! Good job, even with the difficulty!

21. Dec 2013 · 19:23 UTC

Her Kung Fu is strong. Much stronger than that pop gun she starts with.

21. Dec 2013 · 19:33 UTC

Like it but i totally disagreed with the constant screen-shaking..

21. Dec 2013 · 19:34 UTC

Very fun and very difficult. Graphics and sounds are pretty awesome too. Well done!

21. Dec 2013 · 20:07 UTC

Well rounded, but hard indeed.

21. Dec 2013 · 21:33 UTC

I like this game! Special and very cool :D

22. Dec 2013 · 08:30 UTC

Nice game. The sound was little noisy. and the collectables was a bit hidden in the green color. But I was able to get !
What makes me really enjoy, is the camera movement, attacks, and death :D

22. Dec 2013 · 09:02 UTC

@mamoniem MANY deaths, I suppose :D Thanks!! Glad you like it

22. Dec 2013 · 13:57 UTC

Good game :)

22. Dec 2013 · 14:57 UTC

Absolutely love the animations and enemies, they are superb! Your title fonts are lovely too, and the controls feel really good. Some more sounds would have brought the world to life a bit more I think, also putting a black border around your white text would have helped it stand out imho… It was pretty darn hard though as others have mentioned ;)

22. Dec 2013 · 18:44 UTC

Very challenging and the dynamics is very good. I like it.

archaeometrician

23. Dec 2013 · 03:14 UTC

Beautiful graphics ! I love the pixel art ! The gameplay is interesting, it's a cool game :)

24. Dec 2013 · 08:09 UTC

It's cute and fun!
I thought I need more random buff.

24. Dec 2013 · 14:48 UTC

Lots of fun. good job. One of the few "only get one <insert weapon here>" games I though used the theme nicely (as opposed to shoe horning it in). Loved the graphics.

25. Dec 2013 · 14:23 UTC

Fun game! Much variety.

25. Dec 2013 · 15:00 UTC

Striking that neat balance of cute and sinister. Rapid fire double barrel x-box for the mash! Kung-fu is strong.

26. Dec 2013 · 16:54 UTC

as declared, it is really hard... wish there was ability to shoot in other directions...

26. Dec 2013 · 18:09 UTC

Love the way the kick flings you forward.. I found the kick pretty effective, started throwing my arrow away at the start. But then, I didn't beat it.

27. Dec 2013 · 09:54 UTC

Whoa, awesome game!
Just lacked some vertical attacking, other than that it's perfect xD

27. Dec 2013 · 12:50 UTC

Thanks @Diptoman, really enjoyed your entry too! ;)

27. Dec 2013 · 13:37 UTC

The game works fine, but I can't figure why I'm dying.
It really needs some life/energy visualization, it will definitively improve the gameplay.

27. Dec 2013 · 18:15 UTC

This was really fun! I was able to get to the Queenpup twice... only to be beaten twice. XD
It's not quite as hard to get to her when you figure out how the game works... but defeating her is another story. (shes too fast to apply only the same strategy >_<)

29. Dec 2013 · 18:18 UTC

Really nice game, would have been nice to shoot up and down or aim with the mouse but really enjoyed playing it. Nice job :)

04. Jan 2014 · 19:31 UTC

well done :)
Really like it. Graphcis, mechanics, all good. Fun to play.

05. Jan 2014 · 13:05 UTC

Really nice artwork. It's quite hard but I really enjoyed this.

I didn't know why I died some times. Still haven't found the way to kill the boss yet :)

06. Jan 2014 · 21:52 UTC

Very cool game, one of this compo's best I've tried so far in my opinion. I don't know if it was due to a bug but I happened to have two arrows that I could shoot and collect from dead bodies. Anyway, great game.