The Tail of Zlatanas by Gaspard_

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made by Gaspard_ for LD34 (JAM)
Edit:
New easier download available.
Just unzip and run the bash file.

2,d link:
Unzip the the zip file and run the .jar with the argument: -Djava.library.path="native"
I will hopefully provide an easier alternative quickly.

Basic Ideas:

You are the emperor Zlatanas! You have 3 powers. One is health, one is strength, and one is agility
These 3 powers can be grown by killing monsters. Upon reaching enough xp, you level that power up.

The game controls with two buttons:

D is a button used to attack.
S is to jump, or to place a finisher after a series of attacks with D.

However, you are limited in the amount of jumps or attacks you can do, you then have to recharge. Protip: the ground is your friend.
Try to increase your 3 powers as much as possible, however be warned: it is easy to die in the begining.

Ratings

Coolness 36% 1857
Overall(Jam) 3.44 390
Audio(Jam) 2.93 549
Fun(Jam) 3.06 593
Graphics(Jam) 3.29 600
Innovation(Jam) 3.31 390
Mood(Jam) 3.27 471
Theme(Jam) 3.31 800

Feedback

tribrain
16. Dec 2015 · 19:03 UTC
Try to make the game easier to execute... couldnt play it.
Kvyosh
19. Dec 2015 · 12:43 UTC
Cool game and concept!
Anti
29. Dec 2015 · 00:26 UTC
Really liked the concept but the game could have used a little better execution. Still a very nice game.
Diel Mormac
29. Dec 2015 · 00:57 UTC
Not able to play :P
drinkadriu
29. Dec 2015 · 09:53 UTC
Really nice i like it
LittleBlueFrog
29. Dec 2015 · 10:20 UTC
Nice concept! The extra use of the 'S' button is well thought out, but at the start I was puzzling why the character wouldn't jump.

By the way: the final zip with LWJGL is twice the size because it contains the zip contents twice.
AtkinsSJ
29. Dec 2015 · 20:12 UTC
Couldn't get it to work. With the Bash script, it runs and I hear the music, but the game window is just solid grey.

The music's good at least! :)
gelisam
29. Dec 2015 · 22:16 UTC
On OS X 10.10.5, running the bash command fails with the following error message:

loading...
Loaded:/Users/gelisam/ludumdare/rendu/native/liblwjgl.dylib
loading...
Loaded:/Users/gelisam/ludumdare/rendu/native/liblwjgl.so
loading...
Loaded:/Users/gelisam/ludumdare/rendu/native/liblwjgl32.so
loading...
Loaded:/Users/gelisam/ludumdare/rendu/native/libopenal.dylib
loading...
Loaded:/Users/gelisam/ludumdare/rendu/native/libopenal.so
loading...
Loaded:/Users/gelisam/ludumdare/rendu/native/libopenal32.so
loading...
Loaded:/Users/gelisam/ludumdare/rendu/native/lwjgl.dll
loading...
Loaded:/Users/gelisam/ludumdare/rendu/native/lwjgl32.dll
loading...
Loaded:/Users/gelisam/ludumdare/rendu/native/OpenAL.dll
loading...
Loaded:/Users/gelisam/ludumdare/rendu/native/OpenAL32.dll
native
end
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:58)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at yo.MyGLFW.init(MyGLFW.java:87)
at yo.Display.<init>(Display.java:65)
at yo.Main.main(Main.java:6)
... 5 more
ciaodavinci
02. Jan 2016 · 17:39 UTC
Couldn't get the .jar file to execute. Concept seemed nice though!
Afendar
03. Jan 2016 · 10:17 UTC
i can't run the game. Not start :(
nihilaleph
03. Jan 2016 · 12:07 UTC
I tried to run both releases on Windows 10 with java updated and got just a gray window...
🎤 Gaspard_
03. Jan 2016 · 13:53 UTC
I'm sorry for the problems encountered while attempting to run this game. I just prefer to have something that works sometimes (current state) than never (what could have happened). The bugs I encountered while creating the .jar are so weird that I can't even begin to comprehend them.
kardfogu
03. Jan 2016 · 15:19 UTC
Sorry, but I can't make it work either, despite being an IT professional myself. That's java.

Java just doesn't work. It was awesome like ~10 years ago or more, way before Oracle got its hand on it, but that age is long gone.

I'm sorry, but please, next time avoid using java.
Rex Peppers
03. Jan 2016 · 20:43 UTC
Can't play it. :-(
nihilaleph
04. Jan 2016 · 23:22 UTC
@Gaspard_ I understand... that's a pity... Good work anyways! This game seems very cool! Hope to play another game from you next LD!