Horrible Horace by berkano

made by berkano for LD25 (COMPO)

Horrible Horace is hungry for power despite a bad hangover. Help him conquer the kingdom of Hibblesworth.

Find a sword and some treasure. Kill or Corrupt The People. Kill Everything Cute. Wait for a Hero to turn up... and defeat him. Avoid Monsters.

2D roguelike (kinda) with a ZX Speccy Aesthetic.

You can either download the platform independent Java build, or run as a Web Applet.

NOTE: When game is over (either you die or you win), it says "PRESS ENTER" but nothing will happen. Just restart the program completely if you want to play again :-)

See the full play guide on my compo blog, or go to http://tinyurl.com/boh8wat

Enjoy!

Web (Applet)	https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21611/ld25/final/game.html
Windows+OSX+Linux	https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21611/ld25/final/berkano-ld25-final.zip
Play Guide (PDF)	http://tinyurl.com/boh8wat
Source (Java)	https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21611/ld25/final/berkano-ld25-src.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=11027

Ratings

Coolness	45%	776
Overall	3.04	334

Audio	2.76	251
Fun	2.82	379
Graphics	2.55	520
Humor	2.18	485
Innovation	2.43	567
Mood	2.65	435
Theme	2.90	503

Feedback

prettymuchbryce

18. Dec 2012 · 19:31 UTC

The Jar couldn't be launched. OSX 10.8.1

Starspell

18. Dec 2012 · 19:36 UTC

I get a Pixel format not accelerated error on the web version. And from the windows version I get an UnsatisfiedLinkError in the loadLibrary function.

I'll try again later on a different computer

Contraspect

18. Dec 2012 · 19:45 UTC

It was a bit confusing at first, but fun after I got the hang of it!

Benjamin

18. Dec 2012 · 19:48 UTC

Very fun to play despite the fact that it need many tries to undestant where is the "hit zone of the items".
I also get stuck on the gameover sequence, even if I press enter nothing happen.

Zener

18. Dec 2012 · 19:49 UTC

Fun game, I like the retro style and all the audio effects and music. Difficulty is also from the eighties.

Blodyavenger

18. Dec 2012 · 19:52 UTC

Great game Borkano! I loved spectrum style of graphics and sound. Big plus for minigame to proove that you are innocent. I have fun with this game, very innovative and fun for 48 hours.

🎤 berkano

18. Dec 2012 · 20:13 UTC

@prettymuchbryce thanks for letting me know, unfortunately I don't have a Mac to test it with :-( Does the web version work for you? And you could try running this directly from Terminal: java -Djava.library.path=./native/macosx -jar game.jar

🎤 berkano

18. Dec 2012 · 20:20 UTC

@starspell It might be a limitation of LWJGL + your graphics card or might be a bug from me, I'm not sure sorry!

🎤 berkano

18. Dec 2012 · 20:21 UTC

@Benjamin glad you enjoyed it! Sorry, yes there is no way to restart when the game is over or you win, I'll add a note!

pillbrain

18. Dec 2012 · 22:24 UTC

Quite fun, everyone loves killing fluffy things with swords!

har_g

19. Dec 2012 · 13:08 UTC

I like the water effetct when i run in an wall, it make my screen blink :s

angrygeometry

19. Dec 2012 · 23:16 UTC

this is great!

Grungi Ankhfire

20. Dec 2012 · 21:13 UTC

Pretty fun game. Absolutely loved the aesthetics, and the game feels pretty solid. No obvious bug or anything (except the restart thing). Very well done!

Sergey Mohov

26. Dec 2012 · 14:47 UTC

Not a big fan of your collision detection and controls, but otherwise really pleased by this Spectrum imitation. Good job.

KevinWorkman

05. Jan 2013 · 17:03 UTC

I really liked this game. The collision detection could have been a little more intuitive (such as the attack direction), but overall this was really enjoyable. I liked the minigames such as pleading innocent at trial, and could see this game being expanded into a full version.

By the way, if you're looking for a better host than dropbox, you might check out the free Java hosting I offer at http://StaticVoidGames.com. We handle LWJGL automatically. Either way, nice work!