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Medieval Combat by lubos

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made by lubos for LD28 (COMPO)
Goal:
You control a hero with 12 soldiers on his side. These soldiers follow your hero on the map. Your goal is to defeat 1000 enemies.

Controls:
Click anywhere to move your hero.
Click on Formation button to change your formation.

Tips:
Keep moving your soldiers so most of them are in combat helping each other. If your army won't move it will be destroyed much easier.

Tools:
Haxe & Kha for code
Cfxr for sound
Chirp Tune for music
PS for graphics
Sublime Text 3 for coding
Audacity for sound editing
Web(HTML5 no music) http://haxe.sk/ld48/28/html5/index.html
Zip(swf) http://haxe.sk/ld48/28/flash.zip
Mac http://haxe.sk/ld48/28/mac.zip
Source http://haxe.sk/ld48/28/source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=23619

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1141
Overall 3.04 465
Audio 2.28 606
Fun 2.88 478
Graphics 3.50 229
Innovation 3.38 209
Mood 2.94 368
Theme 2.00 909

Feedback

somepx
16. Dec 2013 路 14:53 UTC
Err... I find it interesting, I love the minimal pixel style - still I didn't get how to play, other than change formation!
lordjosephdeburg
16. Dec 2013 路 15:30 UTC
Damn defeated in 900 kills. I tried to keep tight formation and focused on isolated soldiers but things get progressively difficult near the end!
馃帳 lubos
16. Dec 2013 路 16:22 UTC
Thanks for feedback! @somepx: Added description. You can also control your army, which is critical to win.
lbroussal
16. Dec 2013 路 17:08 UTC
Well done there is potential. Adrenaline is there!
bentog
16. Dec 2013 路 17:49 UTC
I got 945 kills by clicking randomly, is that what I'm supposed to do? Interesting game. I just didn't get it: what do I have only one?
Will Edwards
16. Dec 2013 路 17:57 UTC
Great to see haxe :). Worked great in the android browser too.
NikinCZ
16. Dec 2013 路 18:49 UTC
Nice. Old scool graphics, old scool music. That graphics make me give you just 4*... To big pixels for me, sorry.
I especially love one dozen and one thousand idea :).
PS: My record: 798
cwkx
16. Dec 2013 路 19:43 UTC
Really innovative real-time strategy genre, especially with the formation mechanics; lots of potential here. Great work!
xrm0
16. Dec 2013 路 19:47 UTC
So much bloood
I like the pixel art
sanojian
17. Dec 2013 路 07:01 UTC
I hope you continue developing this game. Could be great with different unit types and more formations. Great job!
lotusgame
17. Dec 2013 路 15:32 UTC
What a blood bath :p Cool !
soy_yuma
17. Dec 2013 路 19:10 UTC
I like the graphics, but the gameplay is too simple for my taste. +1 for using Haxe! :-)
JohnnySix
18. Dec 2013 路 22:43 UTC
Haha, very fun, loved the fx and moving the units around to get the best front to attack the enemy hordes. Didn't quite make 1000 but very close. :)
auto_suggestion
19. Dec 2013 路 21:48 UTC
Interesting concept. Had trouble controlling troops to a finer extent, but overall a very solid engine and game.
mortus
20. Dec 2013 路 19:42 UTC
I'm not sure if I've got a grasp on tactics of this game, but I got around 1050 kills on my first go, so I guess that makes me a junior tactician at least. :D

Loved the graphics, more realistic battle sounds and some shouts and battle cries would fit IMO, but I totally understand that it's hard to stuff all the stuff into the competition's limited time.
Lacutis
21. Dec 2013 路 08:40 UTC
Got 921 kills on my first try. Interesting game. I wish I could tell when my guys where close to death.
rincewind_cz
21. Dec 2013 路 17:50 UTC
That was chaos :-) I realized how to play after about half minute and then just clicked almost randomly as I didn't found better strategy. Managed to get 853 of these bastards down. This blood stains make the battleground little bit chaotic though.
zatyka
24. Dec 2013 路 16:38 UTC
That was fun, but I felt like my actions didn't have much meaning. Cool art style, and I appreciated the uniqueness. This has potential, so I hope you keep at it.