Jack by PaulSB

made by PaulSB for LD23 (COMPO)

The people of Tinydale live an uneasy existence beneath the giants in the sky. Sure enough - without warning - the giants begin to steal away the Tiny folk in numbers. The village elder knows of a way they might be stopped, if Jack can perform the unthinkable task.

"Jack" is a short platform game based (very loosely) on the English folk tales of Jack the Giant Killer. It was made with Flixel in FlashDevelop, with the help of GIMP, bfxr and FL Studio with Kontakt. Enjoy!

CONTROLS:
Movement: Arrow keys/WASD/ZQSD
Continue dialogue: On-screen button/Enter/Space

Web	http://paulsburgess.co.uk/browser-games/jack/
Source	http://paulsburgess.co.uk/swf/LD23.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=1626

Ratings

Coolness	57%	3
Overall	3.15	328

Audio	3.43	93
Fun	3.37	145
Graphics	3.00	361
Humor	3.47	49
Innovation	2.36	693
Mood	2.81	343
Theme	3.17	361

Feedback

Jonathan Whiting

23. Apr 2012 · 07:15 UTC

Yay Paul, this is really neat/funny/awesome.

The boss stopped me in my tracks for a bit (flew over him trying to figure it out). Then it clicked!

Liked the pythonesque limbs, and the music too.

ratking

24. Apr 2012 · 13:12 UTC

Good audio, and a lovable jump animation!

tcstyle

24. Apr 2012 · 13:56 UTC

Nice game. I visited the land of cut legs and strange body hair and got lost behind the background image for a while. But the basic idea, graphics and sound are fine.
A little punishment for the player getting hurt would be great.

vigrid

24. Apr 2012 · 21:29 UTC

Heheh, I LOL'd on a number of occassions :) Smelly foot FTW

Zyll

24. Apr 2012 · 23:15 UTC

Had fun. Did manage to go off the screen to the left of the giant at one point, but managed to kill myself and finish it.

Pixelulsar

25. Apr 2012 · 01:15 UTC

I liked the graphics and it was fun to play. How many feet does the giant have :)

🎤 PaulSB

25. Apr 2012 · 09:21 UTC

There are multiple giants! Thanks for the feedback all :)

DalsGames

25. Apr 2012 · 10:13 UTC

Man! This game was really funny and I become a bit nostalgic when I think about the book behind it,used to listen to it when I was little. The theme fits perfectly and the mood is great! Keep up the good work!!

davidllanos22

25. Apr 2012 · 13:32 UTC

HAHA loved this one! Short but nice. I visited the land of cut legs too :D Well done :)

Canard Sauvage

25. Apr 2012 · 18:50 UTC

But first we dance!

spilth

26. Apr 2012 · 02:19 UTC

This was pretty good. I like the intro dialogue, the music and how the music changed once I got the vehicle. Couldn't figure out how to beat the boss and ended up flying over him and into an area I probably wasn't supposed to be in.

HD408

29. Apr 2012 · 16:51 UTC

Finished one, but very short. Walking animation could be better.

Sodaware

30. Apr 2012 · 00:46 UTC

Short, but fun (and funny). Couldn't figure out how to beat the boss first time around, but second go gave me the clue I needed. Nice ending too!

realgenius

05. May 2012 · 16:17 UTC

Short, simple, but very fun to play. :) Congrats on making such a fun game in 48hrs!

matthias_zarzecki

12. May 2012 · 19:34 UTC

Well of course there's a spaceship. Why, you ask? WELL WHY NOT

alexandervrs

13. May 2012 · 20:36 UTC

I kept trying to find a shoot button when I was in the plane and flew over him to an area I wasn't supposed to be.
I can't hide that I laughed at how the poor giant was defeated. xD

and although I appreciated the checkpoints, this game could benefit from health/lives.