Berserk by Doey

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made by Doey for LD 43 (COMPO)

Northern Norse nonsense! Play as a Viking chief defending against waves of English knights, using the souls of the dead to fuel your progress.

The whole idea is that you sacrifice both friend and foe to appease the gods and survive for as long as possible. Screenshot1.PNG Screenshot2.PNG

How To Play

Right click to control troops. Left click to access menus. WASD/Arrow keys to move. 1/2 to use powers. -Survive as long as you can.

Ratings

Overall 221th 3.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 124th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 266th 3.15⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 314th 3.275⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 292th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 32th 3.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 12th 4.079⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 180th 3.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

andrewl
04. Dec 2018 · 21:36 UTC
Love the audio! :D
Marrack
05. Dec 2018 · 17:25 UTC
would be better if the chief can attack too, and instead of blocking the view, maybe an rpg style menu for choosing upgrades would be nice. nice fun game love the humor and the references haha
Bibicio
05. Dec 2018 · 18:09 UTC
I love the voice acting and lines! Gives the game a very funny tone. I think the archer is too strong (or maybe Im just bad :p ). But really fun nevertheless
🎤 Doey
06. Dec 2018 · 13:58 UTC
@marrack Completely agree about the chief, that one was mostly due to the timing. The upgrades as well would definitely be an improvement!
@Bibicio The archer could do with a nerf.
@andrewl thanks!
paulhocker
07. Dec 2018 · 05:43 UTC
very fun -- bit hard to manage upgrades while getting attacked -- thanks for making the game
Carbonara
09. Dec 2018 · 17:15 UTC
What a nice game! All work, the graphics, the audio, the gameplay.

Just one thing, its maybe to hard to get in late game a huge wave of archers surrounding you but anyway I realy enjoyed playing this gorgeous game!

Nice job dude!
tadpolily
18. Dec 2018 · 00:23 UTC
The voice in the beginning was a funny addition. I like the concept!
Random aside: The wave of enemies could still attack me when I was buying villagers! That may have been intentional though.
BloodyOrchidDC
18. Dec 2018 · 08:24 UTC
Really lovely voice with the soldier and the king. If the skill can be multi-use with cool down maybe I can stay alive longer.
At last I die in the rain of the arrows. Fun game, I spend a lot of time playing this!
🎤 Doey
18. Dec 2018 · 18:14 UTC
@tadpolily I wouldn't go as far to say intentional, but more a time restraint!

@carbonara @bloodyorchiddc The archers are definitely the largest threat! They were the last thing I worked on, so didn't have much time to check the balance.

Thanks guys for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
Antt5053
20. Dec 2018 · 20:06 UTC
i played it several time really nice game the archer are super hard but makes it interesting at the moment one the game i spent the most time on good job
legulysse
21. Dec 2018 · 17:36 UTC
Nice concept !
As you said above, it lacks polishing time. Little things like pausing the game in menus or giving more feedback on your currencies when visiting shops, would greatly improve the experience.
Balancing needs some adjustments too, archers would either one-shot every units, or walk towards me and let my men kill them without fighting back.
ps: audio in the menu made me smile o/
Jonathan Lorenz
26. Dec 2018 · 20:27 UTC
Fun little game. Made me think about Cannon Fodder. Good point for the humor of the audio! Would have loved if I could buy archers too! Good work!
Eric777
28. Dec 2018 · 00:38 UTC
Wow! I love it! I've seen a few RTS-style interfaces attempted in LD over the years, but this one was really well done. I enjoyed it very much.

I felt it was a bit too hard to keep enough men without blowing all my money in the beginning.

Audio was fantastic! Great voices. Drum-beat bg was perfect. Sfx worked well.

Easily one of my favs of this LD.