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Nine Knives by Fudgeawsome

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made by Fudgeawsome for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

This is our submission for LD51: Nine Knives, centered around the theme of "every 10 seconds".

Wielding the Power of the Nine Knives, fight against an endless horde of alien spaceships and survive as long as you can. Your knives are your lifeline! Use them wisely.

Controls

W-D to move left and right, Space to jump.

The player has 9 knives, which recall to the player every 10 seconds. Knives can be picked up off surfaces. All abilities require knives to use.

Details of each ability is described within the game menu.

Try it out here! https://kaiway.itch.io/ld51

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Link https://kaiway.itch.io/ld51
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/nine-knives

Ratings

Overall 83th 4.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 51th 4.143⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 44th 4.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 140th 4.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 454th 3.81⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 221th 3.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 779th 2.469⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Mood 675th 3.35⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

raddishradish
04. Oct 2022 · 00:29 UTC
I love the knife mechanic and the visuals and audio go with the game so well! Good job :0
Vulpez
04. Oct 2022 · 23:14 UTC
I had a great experience playing this, altought I'm not really good at it ahahah but well done! I love how challenging is, and the design and sounds are pretty good too
Mr. Rice
05. Oct 2022 · 10:05 UTC
So good!
Polish, gameplay, audio, animations are really good.
Genuinely enjoyed playing this game.

And really impressive for 72 hours, ya'll got experience lol.
And... leaderboard? Y'all mfs host/rent a server for this? Madmen.
JohnnyDZ0707
06. Oct 2022 · 00:14 UTC
Woah this game is hard, it's interesting how both attack and jump are essentially the same mechanism.
rsheepdv
06. Oct 2022 · 00:42 UTC
Awesome game! Hard as hell but in a good way!
Faust_Mi
06. Oct 2022 · 17:13 UTC
I had a great intresting experience playing this! Real good game!
Skel3ton
06. Oct 2022 · 19:02 UTC
Definitely an interesting and original idea. I found the controls to be good and shooting the knives both while attacking and jumping was quite satisfying.

To be constructive, it seems to me that the big problem with the whole idea is that the game basically punishes the player by taking away his ammunition when he jumps. Like enough ammo. And then the players miss it. So I collected the most points when I stayed down and didn't jump at all.

I liked the larger number of enemies and the variability of their attacks.
LDJam user 257946
06. Oct 2022 · 23:15 UTC
Very fun! I could see myself getting into this game! The knife throwing is very, very fun! Great Job!
LDJam user 299852
09. Oct 2022 · 20:35 UTC
This is really good, very fun. I love how everything works together, even though it's true what @skel3ton mentions that in the end you don't jump as much because it takes more ammo and it's not so optimal. I think this mechanic could work well as well in a bigger game with different levels with their own challenges. Thanks for the game!

ps. the 10 binary countdown was also great
LDJam user 206001
21. Oct 2022 · 01:07 UTC
Really different from anything I've ever seen. Interesting and difficult, the sound is very good as well as the graphics. Although it doesn't seem difficult, it really is difficult to move forward. Very original.
Ginahe
21. Oct 2022 · 13:56 UTC
Nice idea , nice knife design and sound effect really cool . But the game is lagging in between run and the fact that you have to go throught the leader board each time is annoying . Specially because the introduction to the game is a bit rought so I had to die a lot in order to understand all the game . But still nice game :)

(oh and there is a bug that permit infinite jump without losing knife , if you never ever touch ground your double jump don't use knife)