Cherrytales - Cherryboy and Briar Princess by Beebo Studios

Story
Lord Thorn is furious. His daughter Princess Briar ran off with this unworthy little cherry of a boy.
To retrieve his precious daughter, he sends madding spines, devastating everything in their path. But true love will overcome all boundaries. Cherryboy and Briar Princess are destined to fight for their love.
What to do
Protect the princess and gather rose blossoms until she can overcome her father. Use your karate to destroy the thorn bushes and stomp spine saplings. Look out for helpful shrooms.
Controls
Walk, Stomp, Hit - Arrow-Keys
Throw Shroombombs - Space
made by Beebo Studios for LD42
Basti - code wizard
Christian - illustration goblin and overall cool guy (follow him for more cuteness)
Lukas - bard
Tido - implementation fairy, animation elf and coding apprentice in one person!

Ratings
| Overall | 733th | 3.256⭐ | 45🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 882th | 2.93⭐ | 45🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 989th | 2.774⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 232th | 3.929⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 137th | 4.205⭐ | 46🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 248th | 3.488⭐ | 45🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 542th | 2.689⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 386th | 3.35⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 13🗳️ | 12🗨️ |
if anyone reads this after giving up on the web version, it's worth playing the desktop version.
All in all it's one of the best games I've seen so far!
I don't know if I'm too bad or the game is too difficult, bc I kept losing all the time.
Feedback:
-> Character should keep moving while pressing the button. I felt a little bit frustrating and counter intuitive to press the button each time he moved.
-> Web build didn't work for me, game kept crashing so I had to download windows version.
Great work!
I have only one that could be improved upon when selecting the area for the shroom to effect is just a white box, i would have been nice to have had some of that cool art for the selected area, however i understand that the time restraints would have prevented this.
Overall a great game. :)
first i spent 5 min clicking with my mause on START button and thought is buged :id: than when i finaly figured out i should press space i buged the game by going left.
Game doesnt engage player in what is happening. I think taht princes should give player hints and beg for help taht would be helpfull. Show player how to play the game in game not before ir ;)
@leviathon Sorry to hear. Maybe you can try the desktop version? Or just restart the game. Maybe it's a rare bug.
@eryph Thank you! We know that the game is not polished and is lacking some in-game-instructions. We had not enough time to add these features. But great that you enjoyed the game anyway :)
Now! Onto the entry! It was super nice. I've seen variations on this mechanic, but I think this was definitely the most well executed and enjoyable. The controls took me a while to figure out, and when I did it felt quite hard. I would have really liked it if I could hold the buttons down to move because that was kinda tiring ater a while. Once I did understand it was a frantic experience, pretty much just keeping it clear enough so that I was always in range to clear the roots from Briar when she got hit. Some indication as to how long I had to hold out would have been really helpful.
The actual gameplay was compelling but a little reptitive for the amount of time I had to wait out. But I did it because after failing twice I couldn't bear to not see the two emerge happily ever after. I was proud to have achieved that.
The audio was adorable and simple, music lovely. The art, as everyone else has said, was drop dead gorgeous and adorable and perfect. I loved everything, especially the two heroes. I would have loved to seen more of Lord Thorn. It's amazing.
4/5 for sure.
Again, please make an adventure game about them :D
Now! Onto the entry! It was super nice. I've seen variations on this mechanic, but I think this was definitely the most well executed and enjoyable. The controls took me a while to figure out, and when I did it felt quite hard. I would have really liked it if I could hold the buttons down to move because that was kinda tiring ater a while. Once I did understand it was a frantic experience, pretty much just keeping it clear enough so that I was always in range to clear the roots from Briar when she got hit. Some indication as to how long I had to hold out would have been really helpful.
The actual gameplay was compelling but a little reptitive for the amount of time I had to wait out. But I did it because after failing twice I couldn't bear to not see the two emerge happily ever after. I was proud to have achieved that.
The audio was adorable and simple, music lovely. The art, as everyone else has said, was drop dead gorgeous and adorable and perfect. I loved everything, especially the two heroes. I would have loved to seen more of Lord Thorn. It's amazing.
4/5 for sure.
Again, please make an adventure game about them :D
Now! Onto the entry! It was super nice. I've seen variations on this mechanic, but I think this was definitely the most well executed and enjoyable. The controls took me a while to figure out, and when I did it felt quite hard. I would have really liked it if I could hold the buttons down to move because that was kinda tiring ater a while. Once I did understand it was a frantic experience, pretty much just keeping it clear enough so that I was always in range to clear the roots from Briar when she got hit. Some indication as to how long I had to hold out would have been really helpful.
The actual gameplay was compelling but a little reptitive for the amount of time I had to wait out. But I did it because after failing twice I couldn't bear to not see the two emerge happily ever after. I was proud to have achieved that.
The audio was adorable and simple, music lovely. The art, as everyone else has said, was drop dead gorgeous and adorable and perfect. I loved everything, especially the two heroes. I would have loved to seen more of Lord Thorn. It's amazing.
4/5 for sure.
Again, please make an adventure game about them :D
Now! Onto the entry! It was super nice. I've seen variations on this mechanic, but I think this was definitely the most well executed and enjoyable. The controls took me a while to figure out, and when I did it felt quite hard. I would have really liked it if I could hold the buttons down to move because that was kinda tiring ater a while. Once I did understand it was a frantic experience, pretty much just keeping it clear enough so that I was always in range to clear the roots from Briar when she got hit. Some indication as to how long I had to hold out would have been really helpful.
The actual gameplay was compelling but a little reptitive for the amount of time I had to wait out. But I did it because after failing twice I couldn't bear to not see the two emerge happily eLS
Now! Onto the entry! It was super nice. I've seen variations on this mechanic, but I think this was definitely the most well executed and enjoyable. The controls took me a while to figure out, and when I did it felt quite hard. I would have really liked it if I could hold the buttons down to move because that was kinda tiring ater a while. Once I did understand it was a frantic experience, pretty much just keeping it clear enough so that I was always in range to clear the roots from Briar when she got hit. Some indication as to how long I had to hold out would have been really helpful.
The actual gameplay was compelling but a little reptitive for the amount of time I had to wait out. But I did it because after failing twice I couldn't bear to not see the two emerge happily eLS