Swordsman's Life by hcosta

made by hcosta for LD34 (JAM)

Well, this time I wanted to create a kind of tribute and parody.

My initial idea for the "Growing" theme was about creating multiple sprites for different games: backgrounds, characters clothes and weapons... but since yesterday I was sick I had to sacrifice most of the graphics.

Anyways I managed to create an interesting prototype so I hope you enjoy this simple tap game! :D

IMPORTANT: Audio not working in Internet Explorer

Parodied games: Dragon Quest, Prince of Persia, The Legend of Zelda, Star Wars, Final Fantasy VII and special mention to Super Smash Bros ;)

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Created with GameMaker: Studio Professional Edition
Code and graphics by me, MIDI songs found in:

http://www.rpgamer.com
http://tssf.gamemusic.ca/Remakes/
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/videos00/star_wars_midi/

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EDIT: About the copyrighted MIDI material. I'm using a little part of songs (about 30 seconds), just to parody the referenced games (my favorites). I also think that since LD is a self-educative public competition, in this case is under fair use.

Web	http://www.escueladevideojuegos.net/ejemplos_edv/LudumDare/SwordsmanLife/
Windows	http://www.escueladevideojuegos.net/ejemplos_edv/LudumDare/SwordsmanLife/SwordsmanLife.exe
Android	http://www.escueladevideojuegos.net/ejemplos_edv/LudumDare/SwordsmanLife/SwordsmanLife.apk
Source	https://github.com/hcosta/LD34
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=56165

Ratings

Coolness	59%	3
Overall(Jam)	3.00	788

Fun(Jam)	2.76	817
Graphics(Jam)	3.09	699
Humor(Jam)	4.06	33
Innovation(Jam)	2.53	885
Mood(Jam)	3.21	518
Theme(Jam)	2.91	964

Feedback

RyanMan56

15. Dec 2015 · 01:34 UTC

When your finger hurts. But seriously good game! I really enjoyed the humour! :D

CodeNMore

15. Dec 2015 · 01:54 UTC

This was full of humor, nicely done!

danielsann7

15. Dec 2015 · 02:15 UTC

A digital poetry that is told by swords, very good =D

disdanes

15. Dec 2015 · 02:52 UTC

This game made me laugh so much harder than it should have :p

Andarilhoz

15. Dec 2015 · 02:52 UTC

Wow, why there arent more comments on this? haha, its awasome, love the musics and gameplay, but PLEASE i dont know if you guys like it, but would be awasome to have finn's sword(adventure time) on it, haha at least i would love it (more)

ThreeLivesGames

15. Dec 2015 · 02:54 UTC

Interesting little game. You managed to tackle both themes with only one button! Great job.

Krafty

15. Dec 2015 · 03:37 UTC

Good concept, needs more content though.

adamyounis

15. Dec 2015 · 03:39 UTC

This isn't a bad concept, though there's not much diversity to the interaction. I would be careful about using copyrighted material though, I think most of the midis used the exact compositions of the games they were paying homage to. I did like the text and animation. With more time and care this could be a fun parody game.

Eduard55

15. Dec 2015 · 19:22 UTC

Good job and good game as a result ! I really enjoyed the humour! Fun parody game with interesting details.

rzuf

16. Dec 2015 · 09:13 UTC

Simple but funny. I lost it at the ridiculous Sephiroth's katana. xD Which game is the credits music from?

Nicolas Gass

16. Dec 2015 · 14:16 UTC

Loved it, but i died and started from the beginning? Oh...

TheBreakfast

17. Dec 2015 · 01:42 UTC

It's cute as a parody for sure! Also, I'm surprised to hear you say you sacrificed most of the graphics. Honestly the graphics looked pretty darn good compared to many LD games.

The game itself could have been a little stronger. The humor definitely keeps it entertaining though!

fluidvolt

18. Dec 2015 · 08:47 UTC

Funny. I wish you restarted back where you died, I made it to FF7 and let a single slime past... I wanted to see all of the games! Oh well. I like the midi/soundfont renditions of the different game themes, it gave a shlock-y, lopsided flavor to them and sold the comedy. Good work.

Dry Tree

21. Dec 2015 · 12:50 UTC

Nice :) As others have said, it would be nice to be able to restart from the last level your reached.

Christina Nordlander

31. Dec 2015 · 18:13 UTC

I laughed a lot. Great concept, great retro graphics. The title is neat, and the writing is very funny. I'd love to see a post-comp version with all the extra content you mentioned.

Unfortunately, while I enjoyed this a lot, it loses some points for having only very slight game content, and I'm not sure what LD's policy is on using copyrighted music.

In short, as a game: very slight. As a Flash video/tribute to nostalgic awesomeness? Great!