Knightly Knight by dsoft20

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made by dsoft20 for LD26 (JAM)
Knightly Knight is a simple arcade score game, you are the Knight (Blue square), and You must Find, Obey and protect the Princess (Pink Square).

The princess during the gameplay have some needs, like drink, eat or sleep, so, when You find Her you'll be ordered to take her to the right place to fulfill her request, while protecting her from the bad guys.

As for the theme of the LD, instead of going to a minimalistic graphic style, I've choose to rationalize the game design, creating a small ruleset for the entire game.

The game, indeed, consists in only 4 simple rules:
1- Find the Princess
2- Obey the Princess's orders
3- Fight the bad guys
4- Game Over take place only when Princess or Knight life is 0

## If you find that the game window is too small, you can right click on it and select FullScreen or adjust the zoom level in your browser. Windows, Linux and OSX version have a toggle fullscreen key (alt+enter)##

Controls (Windows, Linux, OSX)
Arrow Keys -> Move the Knight
Z -> Attack
X -> Call the Princess, only when she's close the Knight
ALT+ENTER -> Toggle Full Screen


Controls (Androdi)
DPAD -> Move the Knight
A -> Attack
B -> Call the Princess, only when she's close the Knight

Toolset used for the game
Engine: Unity3d
2D Graphics: mspaint, gimp 2.8
Sound: sfxr

The game is tested and guaranteed to run on Windows, altrought Linux & OSX versions are provided (but not tested).

Android version requires a smartphone mounting at least Android 2.0, an armv7 cpu and a decent Screen Resolution (like 800x480)

Ratings

Coolness 58% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.98 320
Audio(Jam) 2.12 405
Fun(Jam) 2.58 386
Graphics(Jam) 3.02 310
Humor(Jam) 2.64 161
Innovation(Jam) 2.65 369
Mood(Jam) 2.44 428
Theme(Jam) 3.14 329

Feedback

Andrei Barsan
29. Apr 2013 · 11:59 UTC
Cute little game. Though the small window hurt my eyes a bit. :( I liked the gameplay and how I could send the enemies flying as I hit them! :D
zitheker
29. Apr 2013 · 12:40 UTC
That is a good little game. I like the knives, how he moves and the princess who is moving like a snail. The fight are good too. But the windows are very too small for my eyes. Though, i like it because we must be aleready careful of possible attacks. Good Game !!
Markavian
29. Apr 2013 · 12:53 UTC
Controls are a bit slow, but the mechanics of fighting/hit back, and the princess following are good. Wasn't clear what range I had to be in to use the the call princess feature. Standard screen was really small.
free_napalm
29. Apr 2013 · 13:00 UTC
I like it. It feels a bit like a reverse Pikmin - you are helping the person following you, instead of the persons following you are helping you.
I think the game suffers a bit from the slow speed of the princess. If it's the point to be annoyed by her - well done :D But her speed just bore me.
8BitPimp
29. Apr 2013 · 13:01 UTC
Nice little game, however it feels too slow to me.
🎤 dsoft20
29. Apr 2013 · 13:04 UTC
I'm sorry for the small game window.
As a temporary work-around You can zoom the web-page, or right click on the game window and select full-screen.

Windows build have the toggle fullscreen options with pressing ALT+ENTER (Linux & Mac should have too, but I haven't tested them)
lapogo
29. Apr 2013 · 13:36 UTC
I love the way this game looks! Not a big fan of the controls.
Follett
29. Apr 2013 · 14:37 UTC
I enjoyed it but felt it was to slow.
xgeovanni
29. Apr 2013 · 14:48 UTC
It's asking me to install Unity webplayer, but I already have it.
atraxgames
29. Apr 2013 · 15:47 UTC
Good take on the theme: reducing the ruleset is a good idea.
🎤 dsoft20
29. Apr 2013 · 16:22 UTC
@xgeovanni
I don't know why it isn't working, even my previous entry for the LD25 had this issue for some users, and I don't know what caused it :/.
You could try to reload the page or maybe you can use another browser, or even download one of the standalone version (win, linux or mac)
Argembarger
29. Apr 2013 · 17:15 UTC
I enjoy the idea of thoughtless royalty thinking only of themselves through hostility. It was amusing. Kinda slow-paced though, and it's hard to figure out where the princess is initially.
uprightpath
29. Apr 2013 · 17:38 UTC
I liked it! Most of my comments would follow the others. However, there're a few graphics issues I'd like to bring up: The princess's speech bubble can cover up the knight, making it difficult to tell which way he's facing; the ground seems to spasm when you're turning in a circle (Changes texture, sometimes a seam appears).
thequay
29. Apr 2013 · 17:46 UTC
Nice little game, bigger view would of been better. Was fun :)
Martin_Monosys
29. Apr 2013 · 18:44 UTC
Nice take on the theme, but the princess is awfully slow. Sadly, it doesn't look very good in fullscreen, maybe because of the aspect ratio of 16:9 on my screen...
orangepascal
29. Apr 2013 · 19:01 UTC
I wouldn't mind a slightly faster version, movement feels slow; probably my short attention span talking ;)
lasergans
29. Apr 2013 · 22:09 UTC
I like the idea of your game a lot :) The slow movement bores a bit.
But overall: good job :)
psychomonster
29. Apr 2013 · 23:18 UTC
Ohhh yeah... nice... a little bit to small for my eyes... ouch...
TiDitto
30. Apr 2013 · 00:03 UTC
bushes for the edge of the level? good game, though my princess was always sleepy.
🎤 dsoft20
30. Apr 2013 · 08:35 UTC
@TiDitto I haven't tought about the edge of the level, too little time, at least the player can't fall down from the edge ;P
kidevil
30. Apr 2013 · 09:06 UTC
Thought the controls were good, and the fighting worked well. Ended up leading the Princess into a pack of thugs, and they finished er off :)
metalcan
30. Apr 2013 · 15:07 UTC
Neat game. It took me a while to find the princes, and I might have killed her while trying to fight off a swarm of thugs. Pretty cool, but would be nice with some indication of where to go, and the walking feels too slow. Fun concept, and nice visuals.
Catman
30. Apr 2013 · 17:44 UTC
Cute! Maybe the player is a bit slow tho!
saggiosoft
01. May 2013 · 09:47 UTC
Very nice!
StMatn
01. May 2013 · 21:45 UTC
A bit slow paced gameplay and small window, but very nice game! The fighting is fun.
gregdevice
02. May 2013 · 06:41 UTC
I like the simplicity of it all. Where do you bring her when she's sleepy?
🎤 dsoft20
02. May 2013 · 09:44 UTC
@gregdevice
South of the beginning point ;p
Hegemege
03. May 2013 · 11:11 UTC
Fun game, even though a bit slow paced. Fits the theme really well, good job :P
sudorossy
04. May 2013 · 00:54 UTC
Feels a bit slow, and I think the princess was bugged, she wouldn't come when I called (hehe)
🎤 dsoft20
04. May 2013 · 06:29 UTC
@sudorossy
The princess must be close to the knight ;P otherwhise she doesn't follow you :P
Cake&Code
04. May 2013 · 08:44 UTC
The controls were sort of strange and I thought it started off slow since I couldn't find the princess at first. Great job!
Zhrack
04. May 2013 · 09:19 UTC
Nice game! only, the game window is very small!
GameNacho
08. May 2013 · 04:38 UTC
The graphic style works very well for this game! Great job overall!
MinionStudios
09. May 2013 · 21:10 UTC
Great game, sup freakin fun and so MINIMAL! +1
zkenshin
15. May 2013 · 17:01 UTC
Nice little entry. :)
miotatsu
15. May 2013 · 17:08 UTC
neat, although the control could use a bit of refinement