Kroc Le Vilain by DrGeraud

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made by DrGeraud for LD25 (JAM)
Here is our entry for the Ludum Dare 25 Jam : Kroc le Vilain !

Pitch :
"Kroc was an evil final Boss, but no hero came up to him
Then one day he decided to help the hero to finally kill him with his own fangs"

Gameplay :
It's kind of a rhythm game. You'll have to scare you're minions at the right time, in order to let the hero go further.

All of our work has been done during the jam (we started saturday afternoon).
Geraud de Courreges : Game design & programming
Antoine Druaux : Art, music & game design

Hope you'll enjoy it !

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.89 14
Audio(Jam) 3.78 24
Fun(Jam) 3.56 34
Graphics(Jam) 4.62 3
Humor(Jam) 3.46 38
Innovation(Jam) 3.63 33
Mood(Jam) 3.82 18
Theme(Jam) 4.13 11

Feedback

diggersworld
18. Dec 2012 · 17:56 UTC
Really nicely polished. Good job.
MarekkPie
18. Dec 2012 · 23:57 UTC
Great job!
7Soul
19. Dec 2012 · 01:47 UTC
Cool concept and amazing art. +1 for the goats
robashton
19. Dec 2012 · 11:27 UTC
Very smooth, nice graphics and good gameplay idea
gre
19. Dec 2012 · 12:50 UTC
This game deserves more votes and comments, it's awesome.
I like its originality, polished graphics and gameplay.
Good job.
🎤 DrGeraud
19. Dec 2012 · 14:57 UTC
Thanks everyone for the cool comments !
Husky
19. Dec 2012 · 15:02 UTC
The art is amazing!
I like the hand drawing style.
And it is so cute!
Ludonaut
19. Dec 2012 · 16:45 UTC
Amazing art. Well done!
Andrey Pradun
19. Dec 2012 · 18:22 UTC
Very nice game. Beautiful art ant interesting idea. But I'd like to have more then one life :)
Tobias Wehrum
19. Dec 2012 · 18:30 UTC
A *very* cool game! The background story is really funny, and that is only enhanced by the cool sound effects and graphics. I love it watching how the minions get shocked by their boss screaming at them, then turn around and are all "WHAT" :D

I think the levels should be shorter or with checkpoints - or the difficulty curve should be flatter. I stopped in the middle of level 2 because it was a bit frustrating always to start at the beginning, and I think that's a pity because I would've loved to see the end and if there are any new enemies introduced later on. Are there? Please make a video for all us non-hardcore-gamers!

Bonus points for the cool music and the all-around polish!

This is not just a solid game, but a really fun one on top of it. Good job you two!
Nehmulos
19. Dec 2012 · 18:34 UTC
That art is really amazing and I liked the idea of the Endboss helping the hero to finish him by himself.
It was a little bit hard, but very fun after I practiced the maps a little. This Ludum Dare has probably the most incompetent heroes ever.
Grouflon
19. Dec 2012 · 18:53 UTC
Cute game :)
Pixelbear
19. Dec 2012 · 18:56 UTC
Sweet game! Was incredibly polished, and had an interesting story (original! :D) and the gameplay was rather fun. Also, I always love to see picture-based instructions. :)
BlockBrains
19. Dec 2012 · 19:01 UTC
Excellent game and concept! Congrats!
shaneshanekavanagh
19. Dec 2012 · 19:01 UTC
Lovely. Thank you. I'm super jealous.
🎤 DrGeraud
19. Dec 2012 · 21:08 UTC
YEAH !
So many great comments, thanks everyone. :D

Tobias --> Sorry for the level balancing, we were short of time and we adapted the difficulty to our own tastes. That was our big mistake.
And there isn't new enemies, we kept the sames for the 3 short levels we've made. Again, not enough time. :[
loren
19. Dec 2012 · 21:09 UTC
pretty great idea, very unique! I really liked the art style
Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
19. Dec 2012 · 23:33 UTC
Kudos, Geraud et Antoine!
GreenPixelDev
20. Dec 2012 · 18:59 UTC
Great art and atmosphere! :D The gameplay is unique! Great job!
matthias_zarzecki
21. Dec 2012 · 08:00 UTC
Nice work! love the graphics. Idea is a bit hard to understand without intructions though
Pierrec
21. Dec 2012 · 15:27 UTC
Very good concept/story! This worth a full-stars theme!
Aside from that, the game is fun to play, but my computer/connexion is too slow so the sound is flickering a lot. I had to play mute. Too bad because the sounds were cool! (not your fault of course)
recursive frog
23. Dec 2012 · 08:54 UTC
What a lovely game! This is well polished, thematic, funny... just beautiful!

I'm hard pressed to suggest anything to improve, other than perhaps the difficulty curve, which starts a little too easy and gets a little too hard a little too quickly.
Gungnir
24. Dec 2012 · 15:42 UTC
Very good in the audio-visual department.
Jeremias
25. Dec 2012 · 17:19 UTC
Very polished, fantastic visuals and... goats! The gameplay isn't something I like, but that's my personal taste ^^ I hope you will set this in a store!
caranha
25. Dec 2012 · 17:30 UTC
Very cute game, with great sounds.
I liked how the goats and butterflies served to distract the player and cause some degree of risk-reward.

The web version didn't work for me, and the congregate version kept popping a "register at kongregate" dialogue box after I won the game :-(

Thanks for the great game!
ArkadyDracul
25. Dec 2012 · 18:18 UTC
Great Art seriously
Mesene
25. Dec 2012 · 21:31 UTC
Nice idea and mood, dumb heroes...
Mista Koo
25. Dec 2012 · 21:33 UTC
Very good. My only complaint would be the hero's sprite just because it's only good as opposed to spectacular like the rest of the game :)
Milo
26. Dec 2012 · 04:33 UTC
This has impressively well polished assets and is an original concept. I feel like it needs a bit more challenge though - after figuring out the first level (which was difficult, but not excessively so), it was just the same thing two more times without much more of a challenge except one or two extra spots where there were a lot of enemies. Maybe some sort of puzzle element would help the game - like instead of just being about being scary in front of the hero at the right time, having to scare minions deeper in or something that requires a little more thought or movement.
Herku
26. Dec 2012 · 11:52 UTC
The art looks amazing. I like the gameplay allthough I had to restart very often ._. Well done!
iamorim
26. Dec 2012 · 18:41 UTC
Great game! I loved to see how a rhythm style game can be used in a different way. Graphics and Audio are perfect! :)
🎤 DrGeraud
27. Dec 2012 · 16:38 UTC
Thanks everyone for your great feedbacks !

We understand that we need to work on the difficulty curve and variety of the game if we want to improve it and propose a nice post jam version.
feili
29. Dec 2012 · 12:37 UTC
excellent game! :D
brantkings
31. Dec 2012 · 22:45 UTC
Outstanding. Had fun with this!
michax
02. Jan 2013 · 08:52 UTC
Wow, every part of this game is nicely polished. Good job guys!
azurenimbus
08. Jan 2013 · 01:17 UTC
Hahaha interesting new concept! Great execution!