Get over here! by Nisshoku

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made by Nisshoku for LD28 (COMPO)
You control a one armed knight who, due to his disability, cannot equip his sword and shield at the same time. While you're using one, your squire is holding the other. You'll have to swap items with your squire in the middle of combat to defeat your opponent! Inspired by Zelda.

CHALLENGE
Here is a video of me playing the game. Watch it only AFTER playing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvNsuUN_o-0

I'd love it if you could post a video response. See if you can beat my time of 74.24s. Also leave a link to your game entry at the comments!

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall 3.74 72
Audio 3.03 237
Fun 3.71 51
Graphics 3.06 427
Humor 3.17 164
Innovation 3.42 189
Mood 3.17 242
Theme 3.52 155

Feedback

Kikkers
16. Dec 2013 · 20:07 UTC
The squire is awesome. I got a NumberFormatException on the final hit on the boss, could you fix that?
gilborn
16. Dec 2013 · 21:55 UTC
Good job and very good idea!
Kvisle
16. Dec 2013 · 22:00 UTC
I beat him in 324.05 seconds. Took a while before I understood how to use the shield. Very neat entry.
f7f5
16. Dec 2013 · 22:08 UTC
Humorous entry :)
I also got a NumberFormatException on the final hit on the boss, btw. And in my 1st try I died and the game froze.
Anachron
16. Dec 2013 · 22:12 UTC
Ha! Very funny concept and fun little game. Love the 'Get over here!' sound effect!
Gtoknu
16. Dec 2013 · 22:14 UTC
Number format exception on the last hit here too, but the game is awesome haha, i love how i have to change weapons to defeat different tactics of the boss, had lots of fun!

For the amounts of time you had on this, it's awesome, if you continue on developing this game, with small amounts of art it could be awesome!
derdragon
16. Dec 2013 · 22:16 UTC
THE BLUE KNIGHT ALWAYS TRIUMPHS!!!

...well not really... at least not in my case.
ParaPup
16. Dec 2013 · 22:21 UTC
191 seconds wooh fun stuff great challange.
Brian Mayberry
16. Dec 2013 · 22:46 UTC
Seriously one of the most fun and innovative boss fight mechanics I've seen in a while. The squire is pure brilliance. This needs to be a fully realized game. Like, right now. :)
Cthulhu
16. Dec 2013 · 22:51 UTC
189 secs here! World record? :D
I really like the gameplay. The difficulty is well balanced and the game is challenging.
Very good job here.

In case you want to play again to my game, here is a secret: q + z. Which location did you reach?
🎤 Nisshoku
16. Dec 2013 · 22:57 UTC
Thanks for the comments guys! I found the bug and fixed it, it was caused by my attempt to round the score to two decimals... :)
jomomomo
17. Dec 2013 · 14:37 UTC
Great job! Was very satisfying to beat the red knight once I worked out the mechanics.
doctorscientist
17. Dec 2013 · 19:12 UTC
I love the control it is definitely fun to fight. The squire mechanic makes no sense and thats why I love it.
MrBlade
17. Dec 2013 · 19:25 UTC
Yes! Beat it! Awesome game. Great sounds, nice models, cool idea, well executed! I don't really get how this relates the theme, but good job! Took me awhile to understand how to use the shield and block. I had some mild performance drops which made it hard to hit him, sometimes.
anapff
19. Dec 2013 · 15:46 UTC
135s wooo! :D Really nice and fun game!
bttf
21. Dec 2013 · 20:16 UTC
Pretty entertaining, I played this for a little while. Nice job
edibletoaster
31. Dec 2013 · 03:10 UTC
I liked this. Nice work