Baron von Tater: Attack of the Taters! by mungoman1

made by mungoman1 for LD26 (JAM)

Here's our entry! It's a game involving potatoes, LaZ0rz, and a very minimalistic control scheme. It's minimalistic because there's only one attack: Kame-Ha-Me-Hadouken! The point is to lAz0r the big potato to death while avoiding his tiny fry minions.
The golden spuds the fries drop make you stronger and heal you, you'll need to collect them in order to win! You get faster, jump higher, and your LaZ0Rs charge and fire more quickly. It's actually quite difficult, but it is definitely possible!

Controls are for Xbox remote and keyboard.
X, Left Mouse, or CTRL LAz0rs
A or Space jumps
Left stick, WASD, or Arrow keys to move.

This was made by
Mungoman1: Bradley Boothe (Code)
MarsBar: Marcel Burca (Art)

UPDATE: I re-uploaded windows version as a zip, as well as a web player.

Windows	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32087198/LD26-ATOTT-win.zip
OS/X	https://www.dropbox.com/s/syustrw7so0anng/ATOTT-mac.app.rar
Linux	https://www.dropbox.com/s/skysvm4ax2ivrte/ATOTT-lin.rar
Web	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32087198/ATOTT%20Web%20Build.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=10459

Ratings

Coolness	79%	2
Overall(Jam)	2.79	408

Audio(Jam)	3.07	217
Fun(Jam)	2.73	339
Graphics(Jam)	3.51	198
Humor(Jam)	3.40	51
Innovation(Jam)	2.44	425
Mood(Jam)	2.68	355
Theme(Jam)	2.09	551

Feedback

Prelucid

30. Apr 2013 · 00:53 UTC

For some reason I can't extract the rars for windows or osx. I'll check back later.

DaanVanYperen

30. Apr 2013 · 00:53 UTC

ok, I wasn't exactly sure what this has to do with the theme but I'm really charmed by the graphics anyway. Funny. XD

AlbertoSM

30. Apr 2013 · 13:02 UTC

It doesn't open in Mac 10.8 :(
Can you publish it on web?

hardycore

30. Apr 2013 · 15:27 UTC

I liked the game, though the attack seemed a tad long. Very difficult indeed. Liked the 3d + blood + exploding body!

Purplescape

30. Apr 2013 · 17:41 UTC

The art was really nice, but the controls were slow. I really liked the idea, and the sound.

kidevil

30. Apr 2013 · 19:30 UTC

Haha! The potato boss looked awesome and I loved the little dude's animations. Like others have said, the attacks too took long to play out, so I usually ended up dying while it charged up.

MinionStudios

02. May 2013 · 18:30 UTC

Good death animations. The attack took too long. I would get destroyed by a pack of fries before the lazers warm up was complete.

Prelucid

02. May 2013 · 22:20 UTC

Hahaha, I came back and tried the web version . Hilarious game. Was fun!

stqn

02. May 2013 · 22:31 UTC

Pressing x or ctrl does not attack (linux version) so it's impossible to play. The web version is actually a download...? Audio and gfx seem nice though.

lorancou

02. May 2013 · 22:34 UTC

Well the controls are *very* awkward, even with a pad. Couldn't beat that potato! But this is fun, even your description made me laugh. I'd like to see more brainless games of this kind :)

someone

02. May 2013 · 22:39 UTC

Umm, interesting. The massive laser was satisfying. Takes way too long for your only attack though. The death sequence was bit long too, being unskipable.
Good start though.

Leginar

02. May 2013 · 22:57 UTC

I liked the idea but man that attack speed made it really hard to play, almost unplayable. If you up that bad boy you have a solid game on your hands

SonnyBone

02. May 2013 · 23:00 UTC

SO FUNNY! Not sure what it has to do with the theme, but I love this ridiculous ass game.

Jellycakes

03. May 2013 · 01:18 UTC

It was pretty cool, though the attack felt a bit clunky and it made it hard to kill things without being hurt. Also the boss seemed to have had too much health to kill within a reasonable amount of time. Other than that pretty cool

naughtyloose

04. May 2013 · 10:54 UTC

way to difficult! but the graphics are funny :)

goerp

04. May 2013 · 19:35 UTC

I'm not sure how and why but this is something different.
The Baron von Tater is a good villain name, but speaks pretty good English.
And I don't think it was a gentlemans fight, it was pretty dirty!

Galvesmash

05. May 2013 · 15:40 UTC

LOL! Pretty funny! Laughed a lot!!

twelveplusplus

08. May 2013 · 18:54 UTC

lol, i hate potatoes.

DST

08. May 2013 · 21:24 UTC

Neatly done, your potato is evil ^_^

MrShoestore

08. May 2013 · 23:06 UTC

I like that your skills (fire rate) increased along with the difficulty, thought that worked out pretty well. Did start to experience some potato lag here and there, but that may be my computers lachanophobia.

pjchardt

09. May 2013 · 03:00 UTC

Well I stopped by because of the name. I stayed because of the laser blasting ninja potato action. :)

angelk

09. May 2013 · 04:36 UTC

The character animation was hilarious. The gameplay was extremely tough; I never found a good occasion to use the laser.

kibertoad

10. May 2013 · 17:54 UTC

great art, but not much fun.

juaxix

10. May 2013 · 18:20 UTC

Reminds me of Akira :D