Defend the King by hastro

[raw]
made by hastro for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

Defend your King against invaders!

Peek 2020-04-21 14-43.gif

Upgrade your kit at the shop...

Screenshot from 2020-04-20 11-36-43.png

Controls

WASD to move and mouse to look around. Left click to attack and right click to use potions.

Tip: try and out-angle your opponents...

Resources

Game was made using Godot, Gimp for the art, and DrPetter's sfxr tool for the sound effects: http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html.

Change Log

20/04/2020 - Altered difficulty slightly (it was impossible to obtain the halberd) - Fixed typo in shop UI

Ratings

Overall 738th 3.212⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 853th 2.84⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 953th 2.688⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 270th 3.938⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 309th 3.729⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 622th 2.854⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 652th 2.457⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 635th 3.063⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

DeSpiciestBoi
20. Apr 2020 · 11:01 UTC
An enjoyable game, however I feel that there should be some doge or block button because there seems to be no method of defending yourself. Nice sprites.
MAJK_FL
20. Apr 2020 · 11:02 UTC
Pretty challenging.
RexGame
20. Apr 2020 · 11:02 UTC
i can't play ^^'
magnusfurcifer
20. Apr 2020 · 11:02 UTC
Things that worked:
- There's some good juice in this game, the animations are fun and the cutscene at the beginning showing the enemy knights coming into the throne room is a really nice polished touch.
- The art is top notch, especially for a jam game.
- The top down perspective is cool. I get like a medieval Hotline Miami vibe from this whole thing.

Things that didn't work so well:
- It was so darn hard. I just kept getting nailed by the enemy knights, I didn't manage to get far enough to buy any upgrades.

Overall well done, a few tweaks and it would be a fun game for sure.
Nicolas Diniz
20. Apr 2020 · 11:09 UTC
Great art ! The effects fit well the actions ! Really like the knife/sword movement. I suck at playing it, can't quite figure out the hitboxes but I enjoy playing it !
maxter10001
21. Apr 2020 · 04:53 UTC
Seemed like a really cool concept and was really fun for the first couple of minutes I played it, but I quickly fell into some bugs that got me stuck in a corner while the king died. Still fun for the first amount of time though, hope it could be polished more! Good job!
blackmoodgames
21. Apr 2020 · 04:58 UTC
great concept, i found it pretty hard but the style is amazing

a little gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGXu0jrZk9s

amazing you did this on a day, it feels nice
Vinterdo
21. Apr 2020 · 04:59 UTC
I liked art style, sounds were matching too. But for a gameplay side - it gets boring after few minutes. Its all about strafing constantly. As other suggested, there should be some block mechanic, something that forces player to think if he should attack, or wait.

But overall, cool game
MacacoPaulo
21. Apr 2020 · 05:03 UTC
Its very hard
Emperor Eagle
21. Apr 2020 · 05:03 UTC
Pretty fun! Good and consistent graphic style. I liked the way you have to out-angle the enemy (thanks for the tip). It runs smooth and feels really clean (as in, you can get the angles on enemies without bugs or glitches). Well done!
Michael Sjogren
21. Apr 2020 · 05:09 UTC
Good sound effects , nice graphics , extremely difficult gameplay, wish it was slightly easier tbh barley made 20 gold or so before i died.

unfortunately got stuck in the corner a few times and couldn't move.
Alchemic
21. Apr 2020 · 05:32 UTC
Too difficult with no options to defend yourself from enemies with better weapons. Otherwise good!
randdir
21. Apr 2020 · 07:13 UTC
Nice entry but the hitbox should be improve for the player sword (I touch and it doesn't seems to affect) nevermind good job pal.
SpaceStrawberriesStudio
21. Apr 2020 · 14:05 UTC
It's a well thought game but gameplay is impossible to have fun. Enemies are too strong and you can't hit them.The pixel art is good and the idea is nice. If you can work on gameplay little bit more your game will be fun. Keep up the good work !
Niki90000
21. Apr 2020 · 15:59 UTC
I love the artstyle!
Mathieu Semin
23. Apr 2020 · 11:55 UTC
The art is nice for a game made in 48h ! The UI is also a nice polish touch. To improve the game, I think you could add a shield or any other way for the player to defend itself. The game is hard, but I had fun playing it, good job !