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8-bit Knock Out! by NNNIKKI

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made by NNNIKKI for LD 44 (COMPO)

Knock out your opponent in this hardcore pixel-art​ fighting game!

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Rules:

  • ​The more damage you take, the more damage you deal.

  • Rack up bountiful combos to push your opponent even further!

  • Try to get your enemy off the level.

  • Practice first in Training mode, where the opponent will only focus on not falling off. The Solo AI is quite tough!

  • If you have a bud, try out Party mode for local multiplayer fun!

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Controls:

​Player 1 - Arrow Keys + Enter

Player 2 - WASD + E

(You can use both configurations if you're playing solo)

Left Right / A D - Move

Up / W - Jump (you can triple jump and wall jump)

Down / S - Shield (while standing on the ground)

Enter / E - Dash: this is your attack. Dash while holding direction keys to dash in that direction. Dash into an opponent to attack them.

Esc - Pause game

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Credits:

​All assets made by me EXCEPT:

'4 pixel font' by Groszak

Text-to-speech from NaturalReaders​

Gameplay video:

https://youtu.be/Uml5mLCHSCc

Windows https://89o.itch.io/8bko
Source code https://89o.itch.io/8bko
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/8-bit-knock-out

Ratings

Given 9🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

Spudward
29. Apr 2019 · 08:22 UTC
Really fun game, reminds me a lot of smash, its a little bit confusing that the player that is physically on the right side of the keyboard starts on the left side of the stage. We found a bug as well when we spammed the attack button moving left to combo, we eventually ended in a crash
Erudis
29. Apr 2019 · 15:37 UTC
I love the audio and and great work with the mechanics and gameplay, definitely inspired in smash :D
🎤 NNNIKKI
29. Apr 2019 · 15:39 UTC
Hi @spudward ! Thanks for the feedback! I actually also realized the strange control placement, but a bit too late. Could you tell me what the crash screen said? I'll do my best to fix the bug.
🎤 NNNIKKI
29. Apr 2019 · 15:39 UTC
@erudis Thanks man! It's actually more inspired by Brawlhalla, but they're similar anyway :shrug:
Skalex
29. Apr 2019 · 15:43 UTC
Looks really cool!
if it had a little bit more polish, it could be a really fun game!
i did get one error while playimg though.
🎤 NNNIKKI
29. Apr 2019 · 17:01 UTC
@skalex Haha yeah, if I had more time and less trips to the church :angry: maybe I could add some more polish. What did the error say?
Skalex
29. Apr 2019 · 17:11 UTC
i can't really remember something like
fatal error
something wrong with event0 because of some kind of null reference exception
joemanaco
29. Apr 2019 · 20:34 UTC
Looks really fun from the video (Im currently on Mac OS, so wasn't able to try it myself).
devbat8712
29. Apr 2019 · 23:03 UTC
Very polished. However, I don't really see the theme. But I had fun, and I love the graphical style.
paulhocker
01. May 2019 · 03:23 UTC
really nice smashbro like game -- glad you added solor mode -- appreciate that -- thanks for making it
Majadroid
01. May 2019 · 12:24 UTC
Cool game. I like the sound+music. The controls and combos give an awesome feeling. But the single player A.I. is to hard to beat. It's a bit annoying, that it can jump back to ring after falling appart.
🎤 NNNIKKI
01. May 2019 · 19:03 UTC
@joemanaco Yeah, I'm working on making Mac exports as well.

@devbat8712 It's kind of like you spend the currency that is your life on attacking your opponent... I'm not really sure what mu train of thought was. I first actually wanted to implement weapons, but time exists.

@majadroid You can also jump back in. You have a triple jump and a wall jump, you know.