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One Sword by daviwil

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made by daviwil for LD28 (JAM)
PLAY HERE: http://daviwil.github.io/ld28
Source code here: http://github.com/daviwil/ld28

Concept
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You've got one chance to save the maiden from being killed by the dragon but you're at a bridge high above the ground. What can you do? Drop your sword and hope to behead the dragon before he eats her! It won't be an easy job with all of the dragon's goons around, but your enchanted sword will allow you to control it's motion from afar to slay the goons and ultimately kill the dragon!

Credits
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Art: Steve Seator (@st0ven)
Code and music: David Wilson (@daviwil)

Tools
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Phaser HTML5 game library - http://phaser.io
Box2dWeb physics library - https://code.google.com/p/box2dweb/

Platforms
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Tested on:
- Windows 8.1 and Mac OS X Mavericks
- Firefox 25
- Chrome 31
- Safari 7.0 (some stutter when processing physics)
- Internet Explorer 11 (weird graphics lightness, but everything seems fine)
Web http://daviwil.github.io/ld28
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=29291

Ratings

Coolness 17% 1639
Overall(Jam) 3.26 188
Audio(Jam) 3.23 161
Fun(Jam) 2.83 268
Graphics(Jam) 4.70 5
Humor(Jam) 2.33 270
Innovation(Jam) 2.91 245
Mood(Jam) 3.11 194
Theme(Jam) 3.91 22

Feedback

Royal Railway
17. Dec 2013 路 03:34 UTC
Hahaha. Wonderful! Cannot say I felt like I was influencing the sword's direction with the arrow keys, though. Simple soundtrack, but fitting. Tense. The main attraction, however, is obviously the graphics. Gorgeous.
sanojian
17. Dec 2013 路 11:23 UTC
Graphics are stunning. It was a little too easy. I won on first try even though I didn't really know what I was doing.
Xeke_Death
17. Dec 2013 路 13:56 UTC
Looks and sounds great.
Got a little frustrated when the sword bounced off to the side of the screen every time it hit a dragon and I just managed to get it back in the middle. Was expecting to actually cut off the dragons head.
anvoz
17. Dec 2013 路 14:18 UTC
Really cool game. Beautiful artwork and nice sound.
馃帳 daviwil
17. Dec 2013 路 15:33 UTC
Xeke_Death: Yeah, I wanted to do that, but didn't end up having enough time :)
Gravedrinker
17. Dec 2013 路 16:05 UTC
Nice job, graphics are cool. Atmosphere reminds me of Dark Souls or and some comics from the 80s. Having a different graphic for hitting the maiden or the dragon would have been cool but it was still fun to slay winged horrors.
Mental Atrophy
17. Dec 2013 路 16:45 UTC
Great art. I managed to win through pure luck.
mortl8324
17. Dec 2013 路 16:45 UTC
Fun game. Very unique, that's for sure.
JaJ
17. Dec 2013 路 20:06 UTC
Very basic game, but it looks absolutely fantastic.
So easy though, I managed to kill the maiden on my first try!

...oh... wait...

Also, that's the highest bridge I've ever seen.
embero
18. Dec 2013 路 11:36 UTC
Really cool. Graphics and Sounds are great!
The sword is a bit hard to control.
antila
18. Dec 2013 路 18:51 UTC
Great artwork!
Jacques_le_lezard
18. Dec 2013 路 21:15 UTC
Nice graphics and funny idea!
Miltage
20. Dec 2013 路 14:11 UTC
I love the concept. The graphics and music are great, but the game could certainly benefit from having some way to restart.
psychomonster
20. Dec 2013 路 22:16 UTC
Wow very awesome artwork man. But I've killed maiden ;) Is it the goal of the game ^^ ... cool soundtrack too. Enjoyed it!
drkrunk
21. Dec 2013 路 08:42 UTC
The art in this game is pretty amazing, kind of reminds me of old paintings. Very nice. It was fun. Good job!
Shigor
21. Dec 2013 路 17:14 UTC
Good, great dragon's art, I enjoyed it although the game controls seemed almost random.
greytram
26. Dec 2013 路 11:30 UTC
Funny idea: seems the proverbial Knight In Armor That Save The Maiden In Distress can sometimes get a bit lazy or in a hurry :-)
Graphics are just great and soundtrack fits well the heroic fantasy theme of the game! Lacks a few sound FX for slashed monsters though.
jerombd
07. Jan 2014 路 09:56 UTC
Epic! Great art but it's too random to my taste :/