Eye of the Basilisk by dkdwrek

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made by dkdwrek for LD33 (COMPO)
You are Baldrick, a young basilisk living in the basement of Hagworts. Destroy those pesky magicians with your laser death stare by making eye contact. Eat mice to regenerate health. Use WASD or the arrow keys to move.

How this was made:
Haxeflixel
Pickle
GIMP
Bfxr
Bossa Ceoil
FlashDevelop

Ratings

Coolness 98% 2
Overall 3.28 332
Audio 3.37 177
Fun 3.41 210
Graphics 2.95 533
Humor 3.08 303
Theme 3.49 405

Feedback

Flygamer101
24. Aug 2015 · 03:07 UTC
Really nice graphics and models :D Laser Eyeballs! I liked that you had to regen health by eating mice.
sepharoth213
24. Aug 2015 · 03:25 UTC
Nice entry! I like the concept and the execution. I found that the game was constantly dropping my inputs and making me move in random directions which was pretty frustrating. I also couldn't find any consistency in how the enemies ended up dying to my lazer eye beams.

The tune was really catchy though, and I liked the sound effects.

Congrats on the entry!
weazen
24. Aug 2015 · 03:32 UTC
Enemies seemed to clump up along the right wall for me. Used it to my advantage by getting multi-kills when they would hit a corner and then turn towards the left :)
FiveIronFanatic
24. Aug 2015 · 03:35 UTC
There's a solid game idea here, and the graphics and sound definitely fit, but it's too easy right now. I got bored after 2 minutes because there wasn't any challenge. I wish I would've wanted to play longer!
Pusty
24. Aug 2015 · 04:02 UTC
I am a laser shooting snake? AWESOME! :D
Laddo D
24. Aug 2015 · 04:03 UTC
very clever and fun
9.ar7k
24. Aug 2015 · 04:05 UTC
Honestly i didn't read the rules but once i figured out what was going on it turned out to be super fun. would play a mobile version on the train all the time. ^^ great job
EwChap
24. Aug 2015 · 04:33 UTC
Cool concept. Lots of fun to melt the wizards. Would be nice to have some difficulty ramp to it, but your foundation is awesome.
OnlySlightly
24. Aug 2015 · 04:45 UTC
It was so satisfying to use the laser beam :D I loved how everyone was running in terror from you. It had a polished arcade-y feel. Great job!
watupdb
24. Aug 2015 · 04:46 UTC
Nice! I like the art. The input seemed a little wonky at times, but nothing that made the game unplayable. The laser seemed a little unreliable, but maybe I missed something - still super fun though!
HiVE interactive
24. Aug 2015 · 05:03 UTC
Love the music :)
lowercaserho
24. Aug 2015 · 05:29 UTC
My favourite of the games I've played so far. Great stuff.
Acerio
24. Aug 2015 · 05:42 UTC
I had a good laugh with the whole "eating mice" thing. This was great.
kcaze
24. Aug 2015 · 05:47 UTC
I liked it! The kill enemies by shooting them with laser beams was pretty funny and it makes for a pretty cool game mechanic too. Also, that description :P
markoburzan27
24. Aug 2015 · 06:10 UTC
great
cynicalmonkey
24. Aug 2015 · 06:47 UTC
died in about 4 seconds first attempt but made it almost 3 minutes on turn 2, plays really quickly and smoothly, very easy to pick up and satisfying when you can kill 3 or 4 at once
Jeasonfire
24. Aug 2015 · 06:48 UTC
Very good. Nice graphics, fun gameplay, just overall a very good game! :)
jodizzle
24. Aug 2015 · 07:01 UTC
Really great submission. I think it's a nicely clever twist on the top-down, survive forever type game. The graphics and music were especially nice.

A couple things I noticed:
- The eye beams don't seem super consistent, both in terms of how you have to line up with the wizards and when the animation plays.
- The game feels pretty easy overall; I found that a lot of the time I was able to just stand in the corner and wait for a couple wizards to line up before turning to face them. Since the score is passively increasing, you could argue that it isn't that necessary to use the eye beams at all.
- Taking damage on impact is good, but in combination with my first point, this can lead to scenarios where an undying wizard is banging up against the player. Maybe have a single hit do more damage but also bounce the wizard and the player apart?

Overall though it's a fun submission!
Elenesski
24. Aug 2015 · 07:04 UTC
(spoiler alert!) 57 million points and lasted almost 6 minutes. Could have gone on for hours. How'd I do it. I hung out in the corner ... almost the perfect defensible location. Could fix it by making it wrap around. Fit the theme really well. Good job.
ArchBang
24. Aug 2015 · 08:04 UTC
Cool little idea nicely done. Didn't encounter bugs. The graphics are fitting.
Xeke_Death
24. Aug 2015 · 08:36 UTC
Exploding wizards and witches with laser beams is always fun..! I liked the graphics, control was easy enough... Nice work...
uthamon
24. Aug 2015 · 08:42 UTC
Great entry, really like the attacking mechanics. It both looks nice and is executed well.
scottredrup
24. Aug 2015 · 09:05 UTC
This is a really original game mechanic that is excellently implemented! To take it further I would make the collisions a bit less harsh, especially when enemies can almost spawn on you, it makes dying too easy! Good fun though!
HiddenDepthGames
24. Aug 2015 · 09:21 UTC
Most polished game I have played so far, really enjoyed the art and overall a very fun few minits of my life!
peterthehe
24. Aug 2015 · 09:28 UTC
Great graphics and laser eyes. Didn't expect a snake to have it though :)
GeeItSomeLaldy
24. Aug 2015 · 13:24 UTC
Once I figured out what was going on it was great. Could have done with more instruction though
ZzCalvinzZ
24. Aug 2015 · 15:03 UTC
pretty good... it's cool that they had to stare at you in order for your lasers to hit them
mantis
24. Aug 2015 · 18:22 UTC
Great game, loved it :)
uvwar
24. Aug 2015 · 18:39 UTC
Great! Love the animations and music. It might be fun if instead of exploding, everyone was paralyzed and they just kept filling up the room while more people opened a door or something to come in and check on where everyone was.
Azlen
24. Aug 2015 · 18:52 UTC
Wow, the points accumulate quite fast!
bradur
24. Aug 2015 · 18:53 UTC
The laser effect was awesome! Good music & sounds as well. Diagonal movement would have been nice though.
Yamzho
24. Aug 2015 · 18:53 UTC
Very cool !
snooze82
24. Aug 2015 · 18:54 UTC
Nice one
reecpj
24. Aug 2015 · 18:56 UTC
Got a cool 3 million points! Fun though I couldn't figure out when the laser would fire
OldPeculier
24. Aug 2015 · 19:00 UTC
Okay, yeah, this is actually amazingly engrossing and fun. Simple yet clever. Hagwarts—nice.
Robinerd
24. Aug 2015 · 19:04 UTC
I really like how you interpret the theme, and the look-into-eyes mechanic was fun. Music was a tad too chaotic perhaps.
Jod
24. Aug 2015 · 19:49 UTC
Cool! Smooth gameplay, nice graphics. Would kinda help to have a goal (like, reach ten-thousand points or something).
KunoNoOni
25. Aug 2015 · 01:01 UTC
Haha! I loved that! lasted 106 seconds for a score of 2599176 :) Simple yet effective.
vividhelix
25. Aug 2015 · 03:14 UTC
wow, very interesting attack mechanic! well done! for some reason I don't see innovation here for rating? did you take that out? i think this is rather innovative...
DruhinM
25. Aug 2015 · 07:50 UTC
Really nice graphics. The execution is pretty brilliant
peterkirk
25. Aug 2015 · 16:59 UTC
It was simple but fun. I liked the as them facing you, it made it interesting. Good work.
APC
27. Aug 2015 · 19:20 UTC
I liked the game. I thought the concept was really creative, and it really changed up the game play a lot.
crucknuk
27. Aug 2015 · 23:20 UTC
Oh I love this game! This is so arcade! The music is simple but very great! Maybe you can try to add a multiplayer for more fun!
Supernaught
30. Aug 2015 · 19:27 UTC
Pretty cool and simple mechanic that is executed well. The controls, the speed of the units and the enemy behavior are just perfect. Killing enemies with the laz0r eyebeams feels really satisfying!

Good job on the game!

– Alphonsus
bombjack
10. Sep 2015 · 19:40 UTC
quite difficult game but very original. I liked it.