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Ballad of the Falling Warrior by pet_snake

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made by pet_snake for LD28 (COMPO)
This is my first LD entry as well as my first finished game. Was pretty fun to make it took around 35 of the 48 hours to make.

Instructions are on the starting for when you play. The idea behind the theme for the game was that you'd only get one power up. In the end I didn't like it too much and ended up giving you three, but you only get one use of each.

I hope you guys enjoy it.

Some helpful Reviews!
"It's ok" - Stratovarius
"Well, it works I guess" - Cazum!
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80117069/falling-2.0.0.0.zip
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80117069/falling-source.rar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=29255

Ratings

Coolness 42% 1231
Overall 3.18 354
Audio 2.37 568
Fun 3.27 241
Graphics 2.86 537
Humor 2.75 301
Innovation 2.95 475
Mood 2.85 438
Theme 3.18 329

Feedback

Tyro
17. Dec 2013 路 02:21 UTC
Congrats on your first LD entry! There's a typo on the title screen; "because" is repeated twice. Otherwise, nice game.
loggs2
18. Dec 2013 路 02:08 UTC
The game was fun and I liked the different abilities. It seemed like some of the bullets would hit me no matter what I did though and it was pretty frequent.
WhoaConstrictor
19. Dec 2013 路 02:08 UTC
Very fun! The bullets were a bit hard to dodge, but I like the design overall. Unique mechanic, interesting powers, good use of theme. Well done!
馃帳 pet_snake
19. Dec 2013 路 09:30 UTC
Thanks guys! Fun tip for the bullets: The closer you get to the guys shooting them the slower the bullets go.
Dyn
19. Dec 2013 路 10:05 UTC
Congrats!
Very good for the first one.
Sylence
19. Dec 2013 路 10:30 UTC
Loved the graphics :)
Threef
19. Dec 2013 路 13:08 UTC
HUD is nice. Gameplay is simple but good. Powers are good too.
One bug is that when I restart game music starts playing twice.
tobbez
19. Dec 2013 路 13:25 UTC
Interesting game, the music started playing double after restart. Some of the abilities could use some work. After finishing a ghost walk we need time to avoid blocks.
chiguireitor
19. Dec 2013 路 13:34 UTC
Hilarious how the little guy had its hair. The music is ok, but when you go to the main screen and play again there's an additional track playing over the original one. After 3-4 plays the music becomes an aural mess. Jusy sayin'
Azzar
19. Dec 2013 路 15:47 UTC
Moving up is a bit hard (and bad for my Up arrow key's health).
Other than that, a nice concept and really enjoyable.
馃帳 pet_snake
19. Dec 2013 路 15:54 UTC
@Sound issue: since it's not game breaking, I don't think I'd be allowed to re-upload.

@Powerup Phase: the point though is that it's a bit of a gamble on saving your butt now to potentially put you in harms way for whats coming up.

@moving up: You're falling, gaining height is a lot harder than moving down in terms of that.

Other than that, thanks again for playing it! I'm glad you guys are enjoying it.
Jupiter_Hadley
29. Dec 2013 路 19:18 UTC
Simple cool game. Nice job! I included it in my Ludum Dare 28 compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/IHhkgdPuakc
Poxymyr
06. Jan 2014 路 20:56 UTC
Really good concept :D