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Insult Duelling by natalye

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made by natalye for LD32 (COMPO)
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Insult Duelling - Theme: "An Unconventional Weapon".
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How to Play
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Inspired by Monkey Island's insult sword fighting.
Learn all the possible insult retorts by training against the IDP (Insult Duel Practice software), and then you'll be ready to face the master. Defeat the master 3 times in a row to win!

Press 'F1' or 'M' at any time to open the menu (or close it). Press 'Esc' to quit the desktop version.

NOTE: Turns out the game doesn't display well on lower resolutions, so it's best to play the web version or choose a high resolution in the Unity launcher.​

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Web (WebGL) http://gamejolt.com/games/adventure/insult-duelling/61491/
Windows/Linux/Mac http://natalye.itch.io/insult-duelling
Web (Unity Player) http://natalye.itch.io/insult-duelling
Source https://github.com/NatalyCreates/insult-duelling-game
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=50578

Ratings

Coolness 72% 3
Overall 2.61 997
Audio 2.77 513
Fun 2.35 998
Graphics 2.21 997
Humor 3.17 320
Innovation 2.89 695
Theme 3.65 305

Feedback

zakchaos
20. Apr 2015 · 04:10 UTC
You win. Man I couldn't beat it any time, it just made me feel insulted.
Zeriver
20. Apr 2015 · 14:07 UTC
It's clever how you lern new insults from your enemy. Pretty fun idea and music is decent too.
Interface
21. Apr 2015 · 03:15 UTC
I got nothing. You win. Interesting idea. Had trouble opening the menu in the web version.
scumbly
21. Apr 2015 · 03:55 UTC
I can honestly say I've never played a game like it! Liked the rhinoceros a lot.
leafo
21. Apr 2015 · 08:50 UTC
nice job, I like how you learn the insults
Archonthewizard
21. Apr 2015 · 09:39 UTC
Clever use of the theme idea. I was lost for a while, but finally figured it out
wg_phancock
21. Apr 2015 · 11:26 UTC
Nifty memory game, despite the main mechanic being fairly difficult to figure out. Humor is quirky enough.
Destruktorrr
21. Apr 2015 · 12:52 UTC
The graphics left a bit to be desired, and I was a bit confused about how to play at first, but it was pretty fun! Good job!
esayitch
21. Apr 2015 · 17:48 UTC
Pretty tough to realize how to play, but I really liked the music and the art was pretty cute. The concept is great as well as is the use of the theme :P

Good luck!
rd127p77
21. Apr 2015 · 21:35 UTC
Cool idea, Love the art style. The audio is great too.
BubuIIC
22. Apr 2015 · 09:13 UTC
That is a really great interpretation of the theme.
I can not find the menu in the web version though.
Pixel Heart
22. Apr 2015 · 09:16 UTC
An original idea. 5 stars for it!
goblin
22. Apr 2015 · 09:22 UTC
Great idea I liked how you learn insults
check ours too if you want http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=44367
Tuism
22. Apr 2015 · 09:25 UTC
The second game I played based on Monkey Island's insult mechanic - while this is better as a "mechanical" exercise, the other one was much better written and more fun, though more limited.

There's literally no way to beat the game until it randomly throws up something its used against you before. It's a slow grind to get retorts and pretty meaningless on top of that.

I like that it tries something new but it's ultimately really, really boring and pointless and doesn't make the player feel like they've achieved anything.

Sorry :/
simon.parzer
22. Apr 2015 · 09:28 UTC
Sorry I didn't have the patience to learn all the insults from the machine. I thought I could skip that part by opening the menu. When I pressed 'M' I couldn't get out of it and the only options were "New Game" and "Exit Game" so I lost all my progress...
As someone who has played Monkey Island a lot I found the game too close to the original, it feels like an exact copy.
🎤 natalye
22. Apr 2015 · 10:07 UTC
Thanks for the honest feedback guys, no need to apologize!
Yes, it is quite identical to the MI puzzle and in hindsight the grind was tedious (in MI there was also a grind but for several reasons it wasn't as tedious).
I'll also look up the other game you mentioned Tuism, thanks.

As for the menu, that's weird, 'M' should work to open the menu on Web version, and it also closes the menu (I'm sorry I didn't make that clear, will fix the description).

Thanks for all your feedback!
TeamCalcium
22. Apr 2015 · 10:36 UTC
Nice concept.
alpha_rat
22. Apr 2015 · 11:04 UTC
it seems that the player doesn't have any real influence on whether he wins or not
mantis
22. Apr 2015 · 11:20 UTC
I am the new master!
PapaCheech
22. Apr 2015 · 21:01 UTC
What an idea and excellent in its execution! I feel like this would be an amazing mobile game. -dan
DeadFragment
22. Apr 2015 · 21:19 UTC
The game ran well and the idea was interesting and very much unconventional. The game did seem very hard to beat though.

-Neith
Lynx
24. Apr 2015 · 03:22 UTC
Interesting how you trade insults back and forth although one gamely I kept getting the same insult back and forth for 5 times in a row, almost thought that was the whole game.... I'm just an unlucky person with random number generators haha
idoadler
27. Apr 2015 · 21:16 UTC
I won!
Wasn't easy.
Jupiter_Hadley
11. May 2015 · 12:57 UTC
Very simple game, great concept, very well made. I included it in part 8 of my Ludum Dare 32 compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/Fg_0-yj__pU